(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.
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.
(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.
(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.
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.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:4 Or people
  2. Isaiah 51:6 Another reading is like gnats
  3. Isaiah 51:7 Or mankind

“Listen to me, my people;(A)
    hear me,(B) my nation:
Instruction(C) will go out from me;
    my justice(D) will become a light to the nations.(E)
My righteousness draws near speedily,
    my salvation(F) is on the way,(G)
    and my arm(H) will bring justice to the nations.
The islands(I) will look to me
    and wait in hope(J) for my arm.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,(K)
    the earth will wear out like a garment(L)
    and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation(M) will last forever,(N)
    my righteousness will never fail.(O)

“Hear me, you who know what is right,(P)
    you people who have taken my instruction to heart:(Q)
Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals
    or be terrified by their insults.(R)
For the moth will eat them up like a garment;(S)
    the worm(T) will devour them like wool.
But my righteousness will last forever,(U)
    my salvation through all generations.”

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