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Revelation 21:2-4
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2 I also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem,[a] coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.(A) 3 I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with the human race.(B) He will dwell with them and they will be his people[b] and God himself will always be with them [as their God].[c] 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, [for] the old order has passed away.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 21:2 New Jerusalem…bride: symbol of the church (Gal 4:26); see note on Rev 19:7.
  2. 21:3–4 Language taken from Ez 37:27; Is 25:8; 35:10; cf. Rev 7:17.
  3. 21:3 People: other ancient manuscripts read a plural, “peoples.”
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