Isaiah 51:8

For 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

In Context

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

9Awake, awake, 1 clothe thyself with oz, O zero'a Hashem; + 51:9 Moshiach; see Isa 53:1 1 awake, as in the yemei kedem, 1 in the dorot olamim. 1 Art thou not it that hath cut Rachav to pieces, 1 and pierced Tannin. + 51:9 See 27:1 1

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Cross References

Job 4:19How much more them that dwell in batim (houses) of clay, 1 whose yesod (foundation, origin) is in the dust, 1 which are crushed like the moth? 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 50:9See, Adonoi Hashem will help Me. + 50:9 Moshiach 1 Who is he that shall condemn Me? 1 See, they all shall wear out like a beged (garment); 1 the ahsh (moth) shall eat them. 1

Isaiah 54:9For this is as the waters of Noach unto Me; 1 for as I have sworn that the waters of Noach 1 should no more cover ha'aretz; 1 so have I sworn that with thee 1 I would not be in wrath nor rebuke thee. 1

Daniel 9:24Shivi'im heptads is decreed upon thy people and upon thy Ir Kodesh (Holy City), to restrain the peysha (transgression), and to make an end of chattat (sin), and to make kapporah for avon, and to bring in Tzedek Olamim (Everlasting Righteousness), and to seal up the chazon and navi, and to anoint the Kodesh HaKodashim.

Luke 1:50And the chesed of Hashem is DOR VDOR + 1:50 Ps 100:5 to those with yirat Shomayim. + 1:50 Ex 20:6; Ps 103:17

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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