الرؤيا 21:2
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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Study Note
John sees the holy city, new Jerusalem, 'coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband' — an image that fuses urban, divine, and marital metaphors into a single eschatological vision. The city descending rather than humanity ascending reverses the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11) narrative: reunion with God is divine initiative, not human achievement. The bride metaphor (developed in 21:9-11) identifies the new Jerusalem with the church, the Lamb's wife — connecting the city's architecture with the community of the redeemed. Isaiah 61:10 and 62:5 provide the bride imagery that Revelation inherits, and Hebrews 11:10 anticipates the same city 'whose builder and maker is God.'
ترجمات أخرى
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.
and I, John, saw the holy city--new Jerusalem--coming down from God out of the heaven, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband;
And I saw the holy town, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, like a bride made beautiful for her husband.
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