A New Heaven and a New Earth (Isaiah 65:17–25)
2 AKJV And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. BSB BSB: I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
5 AKJV And he that sat on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. BSB BSB: And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”
6 AKJV And he said to me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that is thirsty of the fountain of the water of life freely. BSB BSB: And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
7 AKJV He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. BSB BSB: The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
8 AKJV But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. BSB BSB: But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
The New Jerusalem 9 AKJV And there came to me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come here, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife. BSB BSB: Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
10 AKJV And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, BSB BSB: And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
11 AKJV Having the glory of God: and her light was like to a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; BSB BSB: shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal.
12 AKJV And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: BSB BSB: The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.
13 AKJV On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. BSB BSB: There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west.
14 AKJV And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. BSB BSB: The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 AKJV And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. BSB BSB: The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.
16 AKJV And the city lies foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. BSB BSB: The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.
17 AKJV And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. BSB BSB: And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.
18 AKJV And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like to clear glass. BSB BSB: The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.
19 AKJV And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; BSB BSB: The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
20 AKJV The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. BSB BSB: the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
21 AKJV And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. BSB BSB: And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.
22 AKJV And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. BSB BSB: But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
23 AKJV And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. BSB BSB: And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
24 AKJV And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it. BSB BSB: By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.
25 AKJV And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. BSB BSB: Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.
26 AKJV And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. BSB BSB: And into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations.
27 AKJV And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defiles, neither whatever works abomination, or makes a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life. BSB BSB: But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
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