Revelation 21:2
I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, that came down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
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Psalms 45:9Kings' daughters are among your honorable women; 1 at your right hand stands the queen clothed in gold of Ophir. 1
Psalms 87:3Glorious things are said of you, city of God. Selah 1
Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; 1 put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, holy city; 1 for never again will the uncircumcised or the unclean enter you. 1
Isaiah 61:10I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh; in my God I will be very glad. 1 For he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has clothed me with the robe of righteousness, 1 as a bridegroom adorns himself with a turban, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 1
Jeremiah 31:23Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, says this, “When I bring back the people to their land, they will say this in the land of Judah and its cities, 'May Yahweh bless you, you righteous place where he lives, you holy mountain.'
2 Corinthians 11:2For I am jealous about you. I have a godly jealousy for you, since I promised you in marriage to one husband. I promised to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
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 →