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The Revelation of St. John the Divine

Literal Standard Version :: World English Bible Catholic

- Chapter 21 -

(Isaiah 65:17–25)
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And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and the sea is no more;
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and I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of Heaven, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband;
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and I heard a great voice out of Heaven, saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God [is] with men, and He will dwell with them, and they will be His peoples, and God Himself will be with them [as] their God,
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and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor will there be anymore pain, because the first things passed away.”
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And He who is sitting on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new”; and He says to me, “Write, because these words are true and steadfast”;
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and He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsting, I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely.
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The [one] who is overcoming will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
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But to fearful, and unsteadfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part [is] in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

The New Jerusalem

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And one of the seven messengers, having the seven bowls that are full of the seven last plagues, came and spoke with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb,”
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and he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God,
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having the glory of God, and her lightlike a most precious stone, as a jasper stone clear as crystal,
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also having a great and high wall, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names written thereon, which are [those] of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel
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at the east three gates, at the north three gates, at the south three gates, at the west three gates;
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and the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
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And he who is speaking with me had a golden reed, that he may measure the city, and its gates, and its wall;
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and the city lies square, and the length of it is as great as the breadth; and he measured the city with the reedtwelve thousand stadia; the length, and the breadth, and the height of it are equal.
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And he measured its wallone hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, that is, of the messenger;
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and the building of its wall was jasper, and the city [is] pure goldlike to pure glass.
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And the foundations of the wall of the city have been adorned with every precious stone: the first foundation jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
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the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.
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And the twelve gates [are] twelve pearls, each one of the gates respectively was of one pearl; and the street of the city [is] pure goldas transparent glass.
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And I did not see a temple in it, for the LORD God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.
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And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they may shine in it; for the glory of God lightens it, and the lamp of itthe Lamb;
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and the nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it,
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and its gates will never be shut by day, for night will not be there;
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and they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it;
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and there may never enter into it anything defiling and doing abomination, and a lie, if not those written in the Lamb’s Scroll of Life.
(Isaiah 65:17–25)
1
I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.
2
I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
3
I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people; and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
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He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more. The first things have passed away.”
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He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” He said, “Write, for these words of God are faithful and true.”
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He said to me, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
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He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.
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But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, (a) abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, (b) idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

The New Jerusalem

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One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls which were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the bride, the Lambs wife.”
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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,
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having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
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having a great and high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
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On the east were three gates, and on the north three gates, and on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.
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The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
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He who spoke with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, its gates, and its walls.
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The city is square. Its length is as great as its width. He measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand twelve stadia.(c) Its length, width, and height are equal.
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Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits,(d) by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
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The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass.
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The foundations of the city’s wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire;(e) the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
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the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
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The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
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I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
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The city has no need for the sun or moon to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it and its lamp is the Lamb.
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The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.
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Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there),
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and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it so that they may enter.
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There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Footnotes

(a)21:8 TR and NU omit “sinners”
(b)21:8 The word for “sorcerers” here also includes users of potions and drugs.
(c)21:16 12,012 stadia = 2,221 kilometers or 1,380 miles. TR reads 12,000 stadia instead of 12,012 stadia.
(d)21:17 144 cubits is about 65.8 meters or 216 feet
(e)21:19 or, lapis lazuli