Study it in the app“And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look, the tent of God is with humanity, and he will pitch his tent with them, and they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them.”
John sees a new heaven and a new earth, and God living with peopleCreationJohn sees the new Jerusalem: God dwells with his people and there is no more weepingThe Kingdom of GodJohn sees a new heaven and a new earth, with God dwelling among his peopleHope
AndκαὶI heardἤκουσαa loudμεγάληςvoiceφωνῆςfromἐκthe throneτοῦ θρόνουsaying,λεγούσης“Look,Ἰδοὺthe tentἡ σκηνὴof Godτοῦ θεοῦiswithμετὰhumanity,τῶν ἀνθρώπωνandκαὶhe will pitch his tentσκηνώσειwithμετ’them,αὐτῶνandκαὶtheyαὐτοὶwill beἔσονταιhisαὐτοῦpeoples,λαοὶandκαὶGodὁ θεὸςhimselfαὐτὸςwill beἔσταιwithμετ’them.αὐτῶν
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “ēkousa” appearsintense
Of great force or intensity, like an enormous joy or fear.
Where else “megalēs” appearsvoice
Someone's voice, or a shout.
Where else “phōnēs” appearsthrone
Throne: the seat of a king or a judge; hence royal power.
Where else “thronou” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legousēs” appearstabernacle
The portable sanctuary that Israel carried through the wilderness, where God dwelt.
Where else “skēnē” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearsperson
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpōn” appearsdwell, pitch a tent
Pitch a tent, dwell as in a tent.
Where else “skēnōsei” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “esontai” appearspeople
A people, above all Israel, God's people.
Where else “laoi” appearsIt recalls Leviticus 26:11-12 and Ezekiel 37:27. Many manuscripts read “his people” and add “their God.”
2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
3 · This verse (above)
4And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, nor grief nor crying nor pain will there be any longer; for the first things have passed away.”
