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Revelation 21:2

JohnJerusalem
Heaven and the new creation

1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

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BSB
I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
KJV
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
WEB
I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
ASV
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven of God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.
DARBY
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
BLB
And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
ÅB
Og jeg så den hellige stad, det nye Jerusalem, stige ned av himmelen fra Gud, gjort i stand som en brud som er prydet for sin brudgom.
OTB
Jeg så den hellige byen, det nye Jerusalem, komme ned fra himmelen fra Gud, gjort i stand som en brud pyntet for sin mann.
B1930
Og jeg så den hellige stad, det nye Jerusalem, stige ned av himmelen fra Gud, gjort i stand som en brud som er prydet for sin brudgom.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Hebrews 11:10

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

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  • Revelation 3:12

    Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

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  • Revelation 21:10

    And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

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  • Isaiah 61:10

    I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

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  • Hebrews 13:14

    For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

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  • Hebrews 12:22

    But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

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  • Revelation 19:7–8

    Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

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  • Revelation 22:19

    And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

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