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 [L Law/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 [L My righteousness/justice draws near].
·I will soon save you [L My salvation goes out].
·I will use my power and [L My 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 [L arm].
6 ·Look up [L Lift 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/L Torah in your heart] should hear what I say.
Don’t be afraid of the ·evil things people say [L reproach/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 [L from generation to generation].”
Isaiah 51:4-8
New American Standard Bible
4 “(A)Pay attention to Me, My people,
And listen to Me, My [a]nation;
For a (B)law will go out from Me,
And I will bring My (C)justice as a (D)light of the peoples.
5 My (E)righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth,
And My (F)arms will judge the peoples;
The (G)coastlands will wait for Me,
And they will wait expectantly for My (H)arm.
6 (I)Raise your eyes to the sky,
Then look to the earth beneath;
For the (J)sky will vanish like smoke,
And the (K)earth will wear out like a garment
And its inhabitants will die [b]in the same way.
But My (L)salvation will be forever,
And My righteousness will not fail.
7 (M)Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
A people in whose (N)heart is My Law;
Do not fear the (O)taunting of [c]people,
Nor be terrified of their abuses.
8 For the (P)moth will eat them like a garment;
Yes, the (Q)moth will eat them like wool.
But My (R)righteousness will be forever,
And My salvation to all generations.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 51:4 Or people
- Isaiah 51:6 Another reading is like gnats
- Isaiah 51:7 Or mankind
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