Rev 21 | NASB2020 | STEP | Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth ; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away , and there is no longer any sea .

Revelation of John 21

The New Heaven and Earth

1 Then I saw ^aa new heaven and a new earth; for ^bthe first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. 2 And I saw ^cthe holy city, ^dnew Jerusalem, ^ecoming down out of heaven from God, ^fprepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, ^gthe tabernacle of God is among the people, and He will ^hdwell among them, and they shall be His ^{▼▼Lit peoples}people, and God Himself will be among them ^{▼▼One early ms adds, as their God}, 4 and He will ^kwipe away every tear from their eyes; and ^lthere will no longer be any death; ^mthere will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; ⁿthe first things have passed away.”

5 And ^oHe who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am ^pmaking all things new.” And He *said, “Write, for ^qthese words are faithful and true.” 6 Then He said to me, “ ^{▼▼Lit They are
,} ^sIt is done. I am the ^tAlpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. ^uI will give water to the one who thirsts from the spring of the ^vwater of life, without cost. 7 ^wThe one who overcomes will inherit these things, and ^xI will be his God and he will be My son. 8 ^yBut for the cowardly, and ^{▼▼Or untrustworthy}unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral persons, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part will be in ^aathe lake that burns with fire and ^{▼▼I.e., burning sulfur}brimstone, which is the ^acsecond death.”

9 ^adThen one of the seven angels who had the ^aeseven bowls, ^{▼▼Lit who were full; i.e., (previously) loaded with}full of the ^agseven last plagues, came and spoke with me, saying, “ ^ahCome here, I will show you the ^aibride, the wife of the Lamb.”

The New Jerusalem

10 And ^ajhe carried me away ^{▼▼Or in spirit
,} ^alin the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me ^amthe holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, 11 having ^anthe glory of God. Her ^{▼▼Or radiance}brilliance was like a very valuable stone, like a ^apstone of ^aqcrystal-clear jasper. 12 ^{▼▼Lit having}It had a great and high wall, ^{▼▼Lit having
,} ^atwith twelve ^augates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on the gates, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. 13 There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west. 14 And the wall of the city had ^avtwelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the ^awtwelve apostles of the Lamb.

15 The one who spoke with me had a ^{▼▼Lit measure, a gold reed}gold measuring ^ayrod to measure the city, its ^azgates, and its wall. 16 The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the ^{▼▼Lit reed}rod, ^{▼▼Possibly about 1,380 miles or 2,220 km; a Roman stadion perhaps averaged 607 ft. or 185 m}twelve thousand stadia; its length, width, and height are equal. 17 And he measured its wall, ^{▼▼Possibly about 216 ft. or 65 m; a cubit is about 18 in. or 45 cm}144 cubits, by ^bdhuman ^{▼▼Lit measure}measurements, which are also ^bfangelic measurements. 18 The material of the wall was ^bgjasper; and the city was ^bhpure gold, like ^{▼▼Lit pure}clear ^bjglass. 19 ^bkThe foundation stones of the city wall were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was ^bljasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, ^bmemerald; 20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, ^bnsardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. 21 And the twelve ^bogates were twelve ^bppearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was ^bqpure gold, like transparent ^brglass.

22 I saw ^bsno ^{▼▼Or sanctuary}temple in it, for the ^buLord God the Almighty and the ^bvLamb are its ^{▼▼Or sanctuary}temple. 23 And the city ^bxhas no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for ^bythe glory of God has illuminated it, and its lamp is the ^bzLamb. 24 ^caThe nations will walk by its light, and the ^cbkings of the earth ^{▼▼Lit bring}will bring their glory into it. 25 In the daytime (for ^cdthere will be no night there) ^ceits gates ^cfwill never be closed; 26 and ^cgthey will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it; 27 and ^chnothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those ^{▼▼Lit who have been written}whose names are ^cjwritten in the Lamb’s book of life.