Revelation 21:9-27
9aThen one of the seven angels who have the bseven bowls 1full of the cseven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “dCome here, I will show you the ebride, the wife of the Lamb.”
New Jerusalem, the Holy City
10And ahe carried me away 1,bin the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me cthe holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, 11having athe glory of God. Her 1brilliance was like precious stone, as a bstone of ccrystal-clear jasper. 121It had a great and high wall. 2It had atwelve bgates and at those gates, twelve angels; and names 3have been written on those gates, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. 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. 14And the wall of the city had atwelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the btwelve apostles of the Lamb.
15And the one who spoke with me had a 1gold measuring arod to measure the city and its bgates and its wall. 16And the city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the 1rod, 212,000 stadia; its length and width and height are equal. 17And he measured its wall, 1144 cubits, according to ahuman 2measurements, which are also bangelic measurements. 18And the material of the wall was ajasper, and the city was bpure gold, like pure cglass. 19aThe foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was bjasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, cemerald; 20the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, asardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. 21And the twelve agates were twelve bpearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was cpure gold, like transparent dglass.
22And I saw ano sanctuary in it, for the bLord God the Almighty and the cLamb are its sanctuary. 23And the city ahas no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for bthe glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the cLamb. 24aAnd the nations will walk by its light, and the bkings of the earth 1will bring their glory into it. 25aAnd its gates bwill never be closed by day, for cthere will be no night there; 26and athey will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. 27And anothing defiled, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those 1whose names are bwritten in the Lamb’s book of life.