Isaiah 51:6

Lift up your eyes to Shomayim, 1 and look upon ha'aretz beneath; 1 for Shomayim shall vanish like ashan (smoke), 1 and ha'aretz shall wear out like a beged, 1 and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; 1 but My Yeshu'ah (Salvation) shall be l'olam, 1 and My tzedakah shall not be dismayed. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

In Context

5My tzedek is near; 1 My Salvation is gone forth, 1 and Mine zero'a shall judge the Ammim; 1 the iyim shall wait upon Me, 1 and on Mine zero'a + 51:5 Moshiach; See 53:1 shall they trust. 1

7Pay heed unto Me, ye that know tzedek, 1 Am torati velibam (the People with My torah in their heart); 1 fear ye not the cherpat enosh (the reproach, reviling of man) 1 neither be ye afraid of their giddufot (insults, scorn). 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:19And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto Shomayim, and when thou seest the shemesh, and the yarei'ach, and the kokhavim, even all the tz'va HaShomayim, shouldest be driven to hishtachaveh (bow down, worship) them, and serve them which Hashem Eloheicha hath divided unto kol Amim under kol HaShomayim.

Psalms 102:25I said, O my G-d, 1 take me not away in the midst of my yamim; 1 Thy years are dor dorim (throughout all generations). 1

Psalms 111:3His po'al (deed, work) is glorious and majestic; 1 and His tzedakah (righteousness) endureth forever. 1

Isaiah 34:4And kol Tz'va HaShomayim (all the host of heaven) shall be dissolved, 1 and the Shomayim shall be rolled up like a sefer; 1 and all their tz'va shall fall, 1 like the aleh (leaf) falleth from the gefen, 1 like that falling from the te'enah (fig tree). 1

Isaiah 45:17But Yisroel shall be saved in Hashem 1 with a Teshuat Olamim (an everlasting salvation); 1 ye shall not be ashamed 1 nor confounded ad olemei ad (for all eternity). 1

Isaiah 51:8For the ahsh (moth) shall eat them up like a beged, 1 and the worm shall eat them like wool; 1 but My tzedakah shall be l'olam, 1 and My Yeshu'ah (Salvation) l'odor dorim (from generation to generation). 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 51:5-9

Encouragement to the Disconsolate. ( b. c. 706.) 4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people. 5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a… Read the whole commentary →

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