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It will happen in that day, that living waters will go out from Jerusalem: half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea. It will be so in summer and in winter.

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And in that day living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea (Dead Sea) and half of them to the western sea (the Mediterranean); it will be in summer as well as in winter.

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And in that day it shall be
That living (A)waters shall flow from Jerusalem,
Half of them toward [a]the eastern sea
And half of them toward [b]the western sea;
In both summer and winter it shall occur.

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  1. Zechariah 14:8 The Dead Sea
  2. Zechariah 14:8 The Mediterranean Sea

10 He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, 11 having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

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10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a vast and lofty mountain, and showed me the holy (sanctified) city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,(A) 11 having God’s glory [filled with His radiant light]. The brilliance of it resembled a rare and very precious jewel, like [a]jasper, shining and clear as crystal.

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  1. Revelation 21:11 See note 4:3.

10 And he carried me away (A)in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me (B)the [a]great city, the [b]holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11 (C)having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.

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  1. Revelation 21:10 NU, M omit great
  2. Revelation 21:10 NU, M holy city, Jerusalem

18 The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass.

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18 The wall was built of jasper; and the city was pure gold, transparent like clear crystal.(A)

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18 The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.

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that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at.

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And He who sat there appeared like [the crystalline sparkle of] [a]a jasper stone and [the fiery redness of] a sardius stone, and encircling the throne there was a rainbow that looked like [the color of an] emerald.(A)

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  1. Revelation 4:3 In antiquity this name was given to various kinds and colors of precious stones, while the sardius was a reddish stone. The gems are indicative of royalty.

[a]And He who sat there was (A)like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; (B)and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.

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  1. Revelation 4:3 M omits And He who sat there was, making the following a description of the throne.

22 He showed me a[a] river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

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  1. 22:1 TR adds “pure”

The Perfect Life

22 Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb (Christ),(A) in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.(B)

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The River of Life

22 And he showed me (A)a [a]pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. (B)In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was (C)the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were (D)for the healing of the nations.

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  1. Revelation 22:1 NU, M omit pure