Revelation 21:4

And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there shall not be any longer Mavet, nor Avelut nor weeping nor pain; the former things have passed away.” + 21:4 Isa 25:8; 35:10

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

In Context

3And I heard a kol gadol (loud voice), a Bat Kol from the Kisse (Throne) saying, “Hinei, The Mishkan of Hashem is with men, and He shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be His people, and Hashem Himself shall dwell among them. + 21:3 Ex 25:8; 2Chr 6:18; Ezek 48:35; Zech 2:10

5And said the One sitting on the Kisse (Throne), “Hinei, I make all things chadash.” And He says, “Write, for these devarim are ne'emanim and amittiyim.”

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Cross References

Psalms 144:4Adam is like hevel; 1 his days are as a tzel that passeth away. 1

Isaiah 30:19For a people shall dwell in Tziyon at Yerushalayim; thou shalt weep no more; He will be very gracious unto thee at the sound of thy cry; when He shall hear it, He will answer thee.

Isaiah 51:11Therefore the Redeemed of Hashem shall return, 1 and come with singing unto Tziyon; 1 and simchat olam shall be upon their rosh; 1 they shall obtain sasson and simchah; 1 and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. 1

Isaiah 61:3To grant unto Avelei Tziyon (Mourners of Zion), 1 giving unto them a flower wreath instead of ashes, 1 the shemen sasson (oil of joy) instead of avel (mourning), 1 the garment of tehillah (praise) for the ruach of keheh (fainting, a heavy spirit); 1 that they might be called Eilei HaTzedek (Oaks of Righteousness), 1 the planting of Hashem, that He might be glorified. 1

Jeremiah 31:13And I will satisfy the nefesh of the Kohanim with deshen (fatness, abundance) 1 and My people shall be sated with My Tuv (Bounty, Goodness), saith Hashem. 1

Matthew 24:35Shomayim v'HaAretz will pass away, but my Dvar will by no means pass away.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 21:2-9

The New Jerusalem. ( a. d. 95.) 1 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. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away… Read the whole commentary →

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