Revelation 21:9-22:5

Tree of Life Version

The New Jerusalem

⁹ Then came one of the seven angels holding the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

¹⁰ Then he carried me away in the Ruach to a great and high mountain,^[a] and he showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, ¹¹ having the glory of God—her radiance like a most precious stone, like a jasper, sparkling like crystal. ¹² She had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and above the gates twelve angels. On the gates were inscribed the names of the twelve tribes of Bnei-Yisrael— ¹³ three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west. ^{[b] 14} And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the twelve emissaries of the Lamb.

¹⁵ The angel speaking with me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls. ^{[c] 16} The city is laid out as a square—its length the same as its width. He measured the city with the rod—12,000 stadia.^[d] Its length and width and height are equal. ¹⁷ He also measured its wall—144 cubits by human measurement, which is also an angel’s measurement. ¹⁸ The material of the city’s wall was jasper, while the city was pure gold, clear as glass. ¹⁹ The foundations of the city wall were decorated with every kind of precious stone—the first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; ²⁰ the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, carnelian; the seventh, yellow topaz; 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 was from a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, transparent as glass.

²² I saw no temple in her, for its Temple is Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot and the Lamb. ²³ And the city has no need for the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb. ^{[e] 24} The nations shall walk by its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it. ^{[f] 25} Its gates shall never be shut by day,^[g] for there shall be no night there! ²⁶ And they shall bring into it the glory and honor of the nations. ²⁷ And nothing unholy^[h] shall ever enter it, nor anyone doing what is detestable or false,^[i] but only those written in the Book of Life.

22 Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life—bright as crystal,^[j] flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb ² down the middle of the city’s street. On either side of the river was a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. ^{[k] 3} No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in the city, and His servants shall serve Him. ⁴ They shall see His face,^[l] and His name shall be on their foreheads. ^{[m] 5} Night shall be no more, and people will have no need for lamplight or sunlight—for Adonai Elohim will shine on them.^[n] And they shall reign forever and ever!