A New Heaven and a New Earth (Isaiah 65:17–25)
2 RV And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready 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 RV And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write: for these words are faithful 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 RV And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst 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 RV He that overcometh shall inherit these 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 RV But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth 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 RV And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee 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 RV And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and shewed 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 RV having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were 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 RV having a wall great and high; having 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 RV on the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and 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 RV And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them 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 RV And he that spake with me had for a measure 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 RV And the city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth and the height thereof 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 RV And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. BSB BSB: And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.
18 RV And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass. BSB BSB: The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.
19 RV The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, 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 RV the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, 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 RV And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the several gates 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 RV And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God the Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple thereof. BSB BSB: But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
23 RV And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof 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 RV And the nations shall walk amidst the light thereof: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory into it. BSB BSB: By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.
25 RV And the gates thereof shall in no wise be shut 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 RV and they shall bring the glory and the honour of the nations into it: BSB BSB: And into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations.
27 RV and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only 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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