Revelation 21:1

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and the sea is no more;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

In Context

2and I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of Heaven, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband;

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Cross References

Isaiah 27:1In that day YHWH lays a charge, || With His sword—the sharp, and the great, and the strong, || On leviathan—a fleeing serpent, || And on leviathan—a crooked serpent, || And He has slain the dragon that [is] in the sea.

Isaiah 65:17For behold, I am creating new heavens and a new earth, || And the former things are not remembered, || Nor do they ascend on the heart.

Daniel 7:3and four great beasts are coming up from the sea, diverse from one another.

2 Peter 3:13And we wait for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise, in which righteousness dwells;

Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and Him who is sitting on it, from whose face the earth and the sky fled away, and no place was found for them;

Matthew Henry on Revelation 21:1

Hitherto the prophecy of this book has presented to us a very remarkable mixture of light and shade, prosperity and adversity, mercy and judgment, in the conduct of divine Providence towards the church in the world: now, at the close of all, the day breaks, and the shadows flee away; a new world now appears, the former having passed away. Some are willing to understand all that is said in these last two chapters of the state of the church even here on earth, in the glory of the latter days; but others, more… Read the whole commentary →

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