Isaiah 51:4-8

Expanded Bible

⁴ “My people, listen to me;
    my nation, pay attention to me.
·I will give the people my teachings [^LLaw/Instruction/Torah will go out from me],
    and my ·decisions [justice] will be like a light to the ·people [nations].
⁵ ·I will soon show that I do what is right [^LMy righteousness/justice draws near].
    ·I will soon save you [^LMy salvation goes out].
    ·I will use my power and [^LMy arms will] judge the nations.
The ·faraway places [or islands; or coastlands] are ·waiting for [looking to; hoping in] me;
    they wait for my ·power to help them [^Larm].
⁶ ·Look up [^LLift your eyes] to the heavens [40:26].
    Look at the earth below.
The skies will disappear like clouds of smoke.
    The earth will ·become useless [wear out] like old clothes [Ps. 102:26],
    and its people will die like flies.
But my salvation will continue forever,
    and my ·goodness [righteousness] will never end.

⁷ “You people who know ·what is right [righteousness] should listen to me;
    you people who ·follow my teachings [have my law/^LTorah in your heart] should hear what I say.
Don’t be afraid of the ·evil things people say [^Lreproach/scorn of people],
    and don’t be ·upset [discouraged; dismayed] by their insults.
⁸ Moths will eat those people as if they were clothes,
    and worms will eat them as if they were wool.
But my goodness will continue forever,
    and my salvation ·will continue from now on [^Lfrom generation to generation].”