Rev 21:4-27 | ESV | STEP | He will wipe away every tear from their eyes , and death shall be no more , neither shall there be mourning , nor crying , nor pain anymore , for the former things have passed away .

Revelation of John 21:4-27

4 ^aHe will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and ^bdeath shall be no more, ^cneither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

5 And ^dhe who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I ^eam making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for ^fthese words are trustworthy and true.” 6 And he said to me, ^g“It is done! ^hI am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. ⁱTo the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. 7 ^jThe one who conquers will have this heritage, and ^kI will be his God and ^lhe will be my son. 8 ^mBut as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, ⁿtheir portion will be in ^othe lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is ^pthe second death.”

The New Jerusalem

9 Then came ^qone of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of ^rthe seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you ^sthe Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And ^the carried me away in the Spirit to ^ua great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 11 ^vhaving the glory of God, ^wits radiance ^xlike a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall, ^ywith twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed— 13 on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve ^zfoundations, and ^aaon them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

15 And the one who spoke with me ^abhad a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. 16 The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia. ^{▼▼About 1,380 miles; a stadion was about 607 feet or 185 meters} Its length and width and height are equal. 17 He also measured its wall, 144 cubits ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} by ^aehuman measurement, which is also ^afan angel’s measurement. 18 The wall was built of ^agjasper, while the city was pure gold, like ^ahclear glass. 19 ^aiThe foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and ^ajthe street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

22 And ^akI saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city ^alhas no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for ^amthe glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 By its light ^anwill the nations walk, and the kings of the earth ^aowill bring their glory into it, 25 and ^apits gates will never be shut by day—and ^aqthere will be no night there. 26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 But ^arnothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s ^asbook of life.