Abraham was confidently looking forward to a city with eternal foundations, a city designed and built by God.

因为他等候那座有根基的城，就是神所经营所建造的。

因为他等候着那座有根基的城，就是上帝所设计和建造的。

因为他等候着那座有根基的城，就是神所设计和建造的。

因为他盼望的是一座有根基的城，是由上帝设计、建造的。

因为他等待那座有根基的城，就是神所设计所建造的。

因为他等待着那座有根基的城；那城是神所设计、所建造的。

因為他等候那座有根基的城，就是神所經營所建造的。

因為他等候着那座有根基的城，就是上帝所設計和建造的。

因為他等候着那座有根基的城，就是神所設計和建造的。

因為他盼望的是一座有根基的城，是由上帝設計、建造的。

因為他等待那座有根基的城，就是神所設計所建造的。

因為他期待着那有根基的城，就是上帝做其設計者和建造者的。

因為他等待著那座有根基的城；那城是神所設計、所建造的。

蓋望有基之邑其營之造之者、上帝也、

俟上帝所建造鞏固之邑、

希望天主所經營建造有基之邑、

蓋彼所企望者、乃一具有根基之城府、天主所營、天主所築也。

For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

Abraham was looking forward to the city that has foundations. He was waiting for the city that God planned and built.

For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.

For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker[ is] God.

For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come.

But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior.

For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down( that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.

No, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless thousands of angels in a joyful gathering.

For every house has a builder, but the one who built everything is God.

And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

So he took me in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and he showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.It shone with the glory of God and sparkled like a precious stone— like jasper as clear as crystal.The city wall was broad and high, with twelve gates guarded by twelve angels. And the names of the twelve tribes of Israel were written on the gates.There were three gates on each side— east, north, south, and west.The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were written the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.The angel who talked to me held in his hand a gold measuring stick to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.When he measured it, he found it was a square, as wide as it was long. In fact, its length and width and height were each 1,400 miles.Then he measured the walls and found them to be 216 feet thick( according to the human standard used by the angel).The wall was made of jasper, and the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.The wall of the city was built on foundation stones inlaid with twelve precious stones: the first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.The twelve gates were made of pearls— each gate from a single pearl! And the main street was pure gold, as clear as glass.I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.And the city has no need of sun or moon, for the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its light.The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the world will enter the city in all their glory.Its gates will never be closed at the end of day because there is no night there.And all the nations will bring their glory and honor into the city.Nothing evil will be allowed to enter, nor anyone who practices shameful idolatry and dishonesty— but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?

What should we tell the Philistine messengers? Tell them,“ The Lord has built Jerusalem; its walls will give refuge to his oppressed people.”

Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe.