Revelation 21:9-15

The New Jerusalem, the Bride of the Lamb

9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.
11 It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.
12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.
13 There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west.
14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls.

Cross References 14

  • 1. S Rev 15:1,6,7
  • 2. S Revelation 19:7
  • 3. Ezekiel 40:2; Revelation 17:3
  • 4. S Revelation 1:10
  • 5. S ver 2
  • 6. ver 23; Isaiah 60:1,2; Ezekiel 43:2; Revelation 15:8; Revelation 22:5
  • 7. ver 18,19; Revelation 4:3
  • 8. Revelation 4:6
  • 9. ver 15,21,25; Revelation 22:14
  • 10. Ezekiel 48:30-34
  • 11. S Ephesians 2:20; Hebrews 11:10
  • 12. Acts 1:26; Ephesians 2:20
  • 13. Ezekiel 40:3; Revelation 11:1
  • 14. S ver 12
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