Revelation 21 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

The New Heaven and Earth

Rev 21:1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.

Rev 21:2

Rev 21:2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.

Rev 21:3

Rev 21:3And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will [fn]dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them[fn],

Rev 21:4

Rev 21:4and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”

Rev 21:5

Rev 21:5And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He *said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.”

Rev 21:6

Rev 21:6Then He said to me, “[fn]It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost.

Rev 21:7

Rev 21:7“He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son.

Rev 21:8

Rev 21:8“But for the cowardly and [fn]unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and [fn]brimstone, which is the second death.”

(cf. Eze 48:30–35 )

Rev 21:9

Rev 21:9Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls [fn]full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

The New Jerusalem

Rev 21:10

Rev 21:10And he carried me away [fn]in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

Rev 21:11

Rev 21:11having the glory of God. Her [fn]brilliance was like a very costly stone, as a stone of crystal-clear jasper.

Rev 21:12

Rev 21:12 [fn]It had a great and high wall, [fn]with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.

Rev 21:13

Rev 21:13There were three gates on the east and three gates on the north and three gates on the south and three gates on the west.

Rev 21:14

Rev 21:14And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Rev 21:15

Rev 21:15The one who spoke with me had a [fn]gold measuring rod to measure the city, and its gates and its wall.

Rev 21:16

Rev 21:16The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the [fn]rod, [fn]fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal.

Rev 21:17

Rev 21:17And he measured its wall, [fn]seventy-two yards, according to human [fn]measurements, which are also angelic measurements.

Rev 21:18

Rev 21:18The material of the wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like [fn]clear glass.

Rev 21:19

Rev 21:19The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

Rev 21:20

Rev 21:20the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

Rev 21:21

Rev 21:21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

Rev 21:22

Rev 21:22I saw no [fn]temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its [fn]temple.

Rev 21:23

Rev 21:23And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Rev 21:24

Rev 21:24The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth [fn]will bring their glory into it.

Rev 21:25

Rev 21:25In the daytime (for there will be no night there) its gates will never be closed;

Rev 21:26

Rev 21:26and they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it;

Rev 21:27

Rev 21:27and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those [fn]whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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NASB95 Footnotes

(21:3)

Or, tabernacle

(21:3)

One early ms reads, and be their God

(21:6)

Literally: They are

(21:8)

Or, untrustworthy

(21:8)

I.e. burning sulphur

(21:9)

Literally: who were full

(21:10)

Or, in spirit

(21:11)

Literally: luminary

(21:12)

Literally: having

(21:15)

Literally: measure, a gold reed

(21:16)

Literally: reed

(21:16)

Literally: twelve thousand stadia; a stadion was approx 600 ft

(21:17)

Literally: one hundred forty-four cubits

Literally: measure

Literally: pure

Or, sanctuary

Literally: bring

Literally: who have been

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