19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald

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20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the 1 street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

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22 And I saw no temple therein for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

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ISA. liv. 11: O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. Toв. xiii. 16: Jerusalem shall be built up with sapphires, and emeralds, and precious stone: thy walls, and towers, and battlements, with pure gold.

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m JOHN, iv. 23: The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

1 Ver. 11, 25. Ps. xxxvi. 9: With thee is the fountain of life in thy light shall we see light. do. lxxxiv. 11: For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. ISA. xxiv. 23: Then the moon shall be confounded; and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously. do. Ix. 19, 20: The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. ZEC. ii. 5: I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

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24 And the P nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. 25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day for there shall be no night there. 26 * And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.

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do. xiv. 6, 7: It shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: but it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. 2 ESDR. ii. 35: Be ready to the reward of the kingdom, for the everlasting light shall shine upon you for evermore. REV. xxii. 5.

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JOHN, i. 4: In him was life; and the life was the light of men. PISA. lx. 3, 5: The Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. lxvi. 12: Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. Toв. xiii. 11: Many nations shall come from afar to the name of the Lord God, with gifts in their hands, even gifts to the King of heaven; all generations shall praise thee with great joy.

Ps. lxxii. 11: Yea, all kings shall fall down before him : all nations shall serve him.

ISA. Ix. 11: Thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. • See on ver. 23.

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"ISA. xxxv. 8: An highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. do. lii. 1: Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city for henceforth there shall no more come into thee

any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

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CHAP. XXII.

1 The river of the water of life: 2 the tree of life: 5 the light of the city of God is himself: 9 the angel will not be worshipped: 18 nothing may be added to the word of God, nor taken therefrom. AND he showed me a pure a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

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2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. the uncircumcised and the unclean. do. lx. 21: Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. JOEL, iii. 17: So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain : then shall Jerusalem be holy. MAT. xiii. 41: The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity. REV. xxii. 14, 15. See on 1 COR. vi. 9, 10.

a EZEK. xlvii. 1: Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar. ZEC. xiv. 8: And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

b EZEK. xlvii. 12: And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. REV. xxi. 21.

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3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him :

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4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle,1 neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light and they shall reign for ever and ever.

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6 And he said unto me, "These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

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e ISA. xi. 13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. ZEC. xiv. 11: And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

fEZEK. xlviii. 35: The name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.

8 REV, vii. 15: Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

See on MAT. V. 8.

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See on REV. xxi. 23, 25.

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m DAN. vii. 27: The kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. ROM. v. 17: For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ. 2 TIM. ii. 12: If we suffer, we shall also reign with him if we deny him, he will also deny us. See on MAT. xix. 28.

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7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me these things.

9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not : for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.

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10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.

11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy,2 let him be filthy3 still : and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still and he that is holy, let him be holy still. 12 And, behold, I "come quickly; and ▾ my

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shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John.

P Ver. 10, 12, 20. See on REV. iii. 11.

EZEK. iii. 27: But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house. DAN. xii. 10: Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. Hos. xiv. 9:

The ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them but the transgressors shall fall therein. 2 TIM. iii. 13: But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

"ZEP. i. 14: The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. See on REV. iii. 11.

ISA. XI. 10: Behold, the Lord GoD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is