Revelation 21

2 I also saw the holy city,  * 21:2 Neh 11:1; Is 48:2; 52:1; Dn 9:24; Mt 4:5; 27:53; Rv 11:2; 22:19 the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,  * 21:2 Gl 4:26; Php 3:20; Heb 11:10; 12:22; 13:14; Rv 3:12 prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.  * 21:2 Is 61:10; Rv 19:7

3 Then I heard a loud voice  * 21:3 Dt 5:22; Ezk 9:1; Mt 27:46,50; Jn 11:43; Rv 1:10; 11:12; 16:1 from the throne:  * 21:3 Other mss read from heaven,* 21:3 Mt 19:28 Look, God’s dwelling  * 21:3 Or tent, ortabernacle is with humanity, and he will live with them. They will be his peoples,  * 21:3 Other mss read people,* 21:3 Lv 26:11–12; Jr 7:23; 30:22; 31:33; Ezk 37:27; Hs 2:23; Zch 8:8 and God himself will be with them and will be their God.  * 21:3 Other mss omit and will be their God4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes.  * 21:4 Is 25:8; 30:19; 35:10; 51:11; 65:19; Rv 7:16–17 Death will be no more;  * 21:4 Hs 13:14; 1Co 15:54 grief, crying, and pain will be no more,  * 21:4 Is 60:20 because the previous things  * 21:4 Or the first things have passed away.  * 21:4 Is 42:9; 2Co 5:17