21^*Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth disappeared, and the sea vanished. ²^*And I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared and ready, like a bride dressed to meet her husband. ³^*I heard a loud voice speaking from the throne: “Now God’s home is with human beings! He will live with them, and they shall be his people. God himself will be with them, and he will be their God. ⁴^*He will wipe away all tears from their eyes. There will be no more death, no more grief or crying or pain. The old things have disappeared.”

⁵Then the one who sits on the throne said, “And now I make all things new!” He also said to me, “Write this, because these words are true and can be trusted.” ⁶^*And he said, “It is done! I am the first and the last, the beginning and the end. To anyone who is thirsty I will give the right to drink from the spring of the water of life without paying for it. ⁷^*Those who win the victory will receive this from me: I will be their God, and they will be my children. ⁸But cowards, traitors, perverts, murderers, the immoral, those who practice magic, those who worship idols, and all liars—the place for them is the lake burning with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.”

Read in Logos

Revelation 21:4: “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

Cross references

*21.1: Is 65:17; 66:22; 2 P 3:13
*21.2 a: Is 52:1 21.2 b: Rev 3:12 21.2 c: Is 61:10
*21.3: Ez 37:27; Lv 26:11, 12
*21.4 a: Is 25:8 21.4 b: Is 35:10; 65:19
*21.6: Is 55:1
*21.7: 2 S 7:14; Ps 89:26, 27