Refrain:
All By the river stood the tree of life,
with healing for all the nations.
1 I saw no temple in the city, ♦
for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty
and the Lamb.
2 And the city has no need of sun or moon
to shine upon it, ♦
for the glory of God is its light,
and its lamp is the Lamb.
3 By its light the nations shall walk, ♦
and the rulers of the earth
shall bring their glory into it.
4 Its gates shall never be shut by day,
nor shall there be any night; ♦
they shall bring into it
the glory and honour of the nations.
5 I saw the river of the water of life,
bright as crystal, ♦
flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
6 And either side of the river stood the tree of life,
yielding its fruit each month, ♦
and the leaves of the tree
were for the healing of the nations.
7 The throne of God and of the Lamb shall be there,
and his servants shall worship him; ♦
and they shall see his face
and his name shall be on their foreheads.
Revelation 21.22-26; 22.1,2b,d,3b,4
All To the One who sits on the throne and to the Lamb ♦
be blessing and honour and glory and might,
for ever and ever. Amen.
All By the river stood the tree of life,
with healing for all the nations.
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