Revelation 21:3 (DBY)

Passage

And I heard a loud voice out of the heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, 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 had passed away, and the sea exists no more.

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

Revelation 21:3 And I heard a loud voice out of the heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God.

Revelation 21:4 And he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall not exist any more, nor grief, nor cry, nor distress shall exist any more, for the former things have passed away.

Revelation 21:5 And he that sat on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he says [to me], Write, for these words are true and faithful.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heard", "loud", "voice", "heaven", "saying", "behold", "tabernacle", and "shall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heard" and "loud", 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 "loud" 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 "loud" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.