21 ⁹ Then one of the seven angels that held the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke to me and said, 'Come, and I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.' 21 ¹⁰ So in the Spirit he carried me away to a great high mountain, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. 21 ¹¹ It shone with the glory of God; it had the radiance of some priceless jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 21 ^{12 [ Ex.28.21, Eze.48.30. ]} It had a great high wall, with twelve gates, at which were twelve angels; and on the gates were inscribed the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. 21 ¹³ There were three gates to the east, three to the north, three to the south, and three to the west. 21 ¹⁴ The city wall had twelve foundation-stones, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

21 ¹⁵ The angel who spoke with me carried a gold measuring-rod, to measure the city, its wall, and its gates. 21 ¹⁶ The city was built as a square, and was as wide as it was long. It measured by his rod twelve thousand furlongs, its length and breadth and height being equal. 21 ¹⁷ Its wall was one hundred and forty-four cubits high, that is, by human measurements, which the angel was using. 21 ¹⁸ The wall was built of jasper, while the city itself was of pure gold, bright as clear glass. 21 ¹⁹ The foundations of the city wall were adorned with jewels of every kind, the first of the foundation-stones being jasper, the second lapis lazuli, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 21 ²⁰ the fifth sardonyx, the sixth cornelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh turquoise, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 ²¹ The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate being made from a single pearl. The streets of the city were of pure gold, like translucent glass.
21 ²² I saw no temple in the city; for its temple was the sovereign Lord God and the Lamb. 21 ²³ And the city had no need of sun or moon to shine upon it; for the glory of God gave it light, and its lamp was the Lamb 21 ²⁴ By its light shall the nations walk, and the kings of the earth shall bring into it all their splendour. 21 ²⁵ The gates of the city shall never be shut by day-and there will be no night. 21 ²⁶ The wealth and splendour of the nations shall be brought into it; 21 ²⁷ but nothing unclean shall enter, nor anyone whose ways are false or foul, but only those who are inscribed in the Lamb's roll of the living.

22 ¹ Then he showed me the river of the water of life, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 22 ^{2 [ Gn.2.9, Gn.3.22, Eze.47.12. ]} down the middle of the city's street. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, which yields twelve crops of fruit, one for each month of the year. The leaves of the trees serve for the healing of the nations, 22 ³ and every accursed thing shall disappear. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and his servants shall worship him; 22 ⁴ they shall see him face to face, and bear his name on their foreheads. 22 ⁵ There shall be no more night, nor will they need the light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will give them light; and they shall reign for evermore.