Isaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in the same way: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
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Deuteronomy 4:19and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.
Psalms 102:25Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth.The heavens are the work of your hands.
Psalms 111:3His work is honor and majesty.VAVHis righteousness endures forever.ZAYIN
Isaiah 34:4All of the army of the sky will be dissolved.The sky will be rolled up like a scroll,and all its armies will fade away,as a leaf fades from off a vine or a fig tree.
Isaiah 45:17Israel will be saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation.You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.
Isaiah 51:8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation to all generations."
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 →