Isaiah 51:3-8

English Standard Version

^4 (E)“Give attention to me, my people,
    and give ear to me, my nation;
^(F)for a law^[a] will go out from me,
    and I will set my justice for a light to the peoples.
^5 (G)My righteousness draws near,
    my salvation has gone out,
    and my arms will judge the peoples;
^(H)the coastlands hope for me,
    and for my arm they wait.
^6 (I)Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    and look at the earth beneath;
^(J)for the heavens vanish like smoke,
    the earth will wear out like a garment,
    and they who dwell in it will die in like manner;^[b]
(K)but my salvation will be forever,
    and my righteousness will never be dismayed.

^7 (L)“Listen to me, you who know righteousness,
    the people ^(M)in whose heart is my law;
^(N)fear not the reproach of man,
    nor be dismayed at their revilings.
^8 (O)For the moth will eat them up like a garment,
    and the worm will eat them like wool,
^(P)but my righteousness will be forever,
    and my salvation to all generations.”