6. Everything is finished! I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will freely give water from the life-giving fountain to everyone who is thirsty.
7. All who win the victory will be given these blessings. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
8. But I will tell you what will happen to cowards and to everyone who is unfaithful or dirty-minded or who murders or is sexually immoral or uses witchcraft or worships idols or tells lies. They will be thrown into that lake of fire and burning sulphur. This is the second death.
9. I saw one of the seven angels who had the bowls filled with the seven last terrible troubles. The angel came to me and said, “Come on! I will show you the one who will be the bride and wife of the Lamb.”
10. Then with the help of the Spirit, he took me to the top of a very high mountain. There he showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down from God in heaven.
11. The glory of God made the city bright. It was dazzling and crystal clear like a precious jasper stone.
12. The city had a high and thick wall with twelve gates, and each one of them was guarded by an angel. On each of the gates was written the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
13. Three of these gates were on the east, three were on the north, three more were on the south, and the other three were on the west.
14. The city was built on twelve foundation stones. On each of the stones was written the name of one of the Lamb's twelve apostles.
15. The angel who spoke to me had a gold measuring stick to measure the city and its gates and its walls.
16. The city was shaped like a cube, because it was just as high as it was wide. When the angel measured the city, it was about two thousand four hundred kilometres high and two thousand four hundred kilometres wide.
17. Then the angel measured the wall, and by our measurements it was about sixty metres high.