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

Hearken unto me ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my Law. Fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their rebukes.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:6 He forewarneth them of the horrible changes and mutations of all things, and how he will preserve his church in the midst of all these dangers.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,(A)
    the earth will wear out like a garment(B)
    and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation(C) will last forever,(D)
    my righteousness will never fail.(E)

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

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