Revelation 21:3 (ASV)

Passage

And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God:

Nearby Context

Revelation 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more.

Revelation 21:2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven of God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.

Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God:

Revelation 21:4 and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

Revelation 21:5 And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heard", "great", "voice", "throne", "saying", "behold", "tabernacle", and "shall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heard" and "great", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "And I saw the holy city new..." into verse 4's "and he shall wipe away every tear...", so "heard" and "great" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "heard" and "great" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.