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Revelation 21 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

All Things Made New
The New Jerusalem

Rev 21:1

Rev 21:1Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.

Rev 21:2

Rev 21:2Then I, John,[fn] saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Rev 21:3

Rev 21:3And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.

Rev 21:4

Rev 21:4“And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”

Rev 21:5

Rev 21:5Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me,[fn] “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”

Rev 21:6

Rev 21:6And He said to me, “It is done![fn] I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.

Rev 21:7

Rev 21:7“He who overcomes shall inherit all things,[fn] and I will be his God and he shall be My son.

Rev 21:8

Rev 21:8“But the cowardly, unbelieving,[fn] abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
The New Jerusalem
(cf. Ezek. 48:30–35 )

Rev 21:9

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

Rev 21:10

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

Rev 21:11

Rev 21:11having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.

Rev 21:12

Rev 21:12Also she had a great and high wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

Rev 21:13

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

Rev 21:14

Rev 21:14Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names[fn] of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Rev 21:15

Rev 21:15And he who talked with me had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.

Rev 21:16

Rev 21:16The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.

Rev 21:17

Rev 21:17Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

Rev 21:18

Rev 21:18The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.

Rev 21:19

Rev 21:19The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation 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, and the twelfth amethyst.

Rev 21:21

Rev 21:21The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
The Glory of the New Jerusalem

Rev 21:22

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

Rev 21:23

Rev 21:23The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it,[fn] for the glory[fn] of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.

Rev 21:24

Rev 21:24And the nations of those who are saved[fn] shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it.[fn]

Rev 21:25

Rev 21:25Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there).

Rev 21:26

Rev 21:26And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it.[fn]

Rev 21:27

Rev 21:27But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes[fn] an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
NU-Text and M-Text omit John.
NU-Text and M-Text omit to me.
M-Text omits It is done.
M-Text reads overcomes, I shall give him these things.
M-Text adds and sinners.
NU-Text and M-Text omit to me.
M-Text reads I will show you the woman, the Lamb’s bride.
NU-Text and M-Text omit the great and read the holy city, Jerusalem.
NU-Text and M-Text read twelve names.
NU-Text and M-Text omit in it.
M-Text reads the very glory.
NU-Text and M-Text omit of those who are saved.
M-Text reads the glory and honor of the nations to Him.
M-Text adds that they may enter in.
NU-Text and M-Text read anything profane, nor one who causes.
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