A New Heaven and a New Earth (Isaiah 65:17–25)
2 UEB I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, that came down out of heaven from God, prepared like 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 UEB The one who was seated on the throne said, "Look! I make all things new." He said, "Write this down because these words are trustworthy and true." 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 UEB He said to me, "These things are done! I am the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who thirsts I will give drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. 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 UEB The one who conquers will inherit these things, and I will be his God, and he will 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 UEB But as for the cowards, the faithless, the detestable, the murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. That 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 UEB One of the seven angels came to me, the one who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, and he said, "Come here. I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." 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 UEB Then 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. 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 UEB Jerusalem had the glory of God, and its brilliance was like a very precious jewel, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper. BSB BSB: shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal.
12 UEB It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written 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 UEB On the east were 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 UEB The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve 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 UEB The one who spoke with me had a measuring rod made of gold to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. BSB BSB: The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.
16 UEB The city was laid out in a square; its length was the same as its width. He measured the city with the measuring rod, twelve thousand stadia in length (its length, width, and height were the same). 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 UEB He also measured its wall, 144 cubits thick by human measurement (which is also the angel's measure). BSB BSB: And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.
18 UEB The wall was built of jasper and the city of pure gold, like clear glass. BSB BSB: The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.
19 UEB The foundations of the wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first was jasper, the second was sapphire, the third was agate, the fourth was 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 UEB the fifth was onyx, the sixth was carnelian, the seventh was chrysolite, the eighth was beryl, the ninth was topaz, the tenth was chrysoprase, the eleventh was jacinth, and the twelfth was 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 UEB The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each of the gates was made from a single pearl. The streets of the city were pure gold, like 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 UEB I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. BSB BSB: But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
23 UEB The city had no need of the sun or the moon in order to shine on it because the glory of God shone on it, and its lamp is the Lamb. 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 UEB The nations will walk by the light of that city. The kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. BSB BSB: By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.
25 UEB Its gates will not be shut during the day, and there will 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 UEB They will bring the splendor and the honor of the nations into it, BSB BSB: And into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations.
27 UEB but nothing unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names 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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