Revelation 21:4 (YLT)

Passage

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

Nearby Context

Revelation 21:2 and I, John, saw the holy city--new Jerusalem--coming down from God out of the heaven, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband;

Revelation 21:3 and I heard a great voice out of the heaven, saying, `Lo, the tabernacle of God <FI>is<Fi> with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they shall be His peoples, and God Himself shall be with them--their God,

Revelation 21:4 and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

Revelation 21:5 And He who is sitting upon the throne said, `Lo, new I make all things; and He saith to me, `Write, because these words are true and stedfast;'

Revelation 21:6 and He said to me, `It hath been done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End; I, to him who is thirsting, will give of the fountain of the water of the life freely;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "wipe", "away", "tear", "eyes", "death", and "sorrow". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "wipe", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "and I heard a great voice out..." into verse 5's "And He who is sitting upon the...", so "shall" and "wipe" 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 "shall" and "wipe" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.