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And I heard a loud voice proclaim from the throne:

“Behold, God’s dwelling is with mankind;
    he will dwell with them.
They will be his people,
    and he will be their God,
    God-with-them.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 21:3 This verse contains a combination of the classic formula of the Covenant (“You will be my people, and I will be your God”) and the name Immanuel (“God-with-us”), which was regarded as a name of the Messiah (Mt 1:23)—a fine assertion of the divinity of Christ, who is God and man. The complete and definitive Covenant between God and humankind will be accomplished at the end of time (see Isa 12:6; Joel 4:17, 21; Zep 3:15-17; Zec 2:14).