Revelation 21:3 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Revelation 21:1 I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth was gone: and the sea is now no more.

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

Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle of God with men: and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people: and God himself with them shall be their God.

Revelation 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more. Nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away.

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heard", "great", "voice", "throne", "saying", "behold", "tabernacle", and "dwell". 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 John saw the holy city..." into verse 4's "And God shall wipe away all tears...", 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.