Isaiah 51:8

Translations

Modern

For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”

Traditional

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.

Literal

For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will devour them like wool; and My righteousness will be forever, and My salvation to all generations.”

Latin

…sicut enim vestimentum, sic comedet eos vermis, et sicut lanam, sic devorabit eos tinea: salus autem mea in sempiternum erit, et justitia mea in generationes generationum.

Original

Hebrew

English

For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”

Notes

Isaiah 51:1–8

This prophecy urges trust in the Lord. Each of its three parts starts with the phrase Listen to Me (Isaiah 51:1, 4, 7).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Fearing People God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
Isaiah 50:9
Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.
Isaiah 66:24
“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
Luke 1:50
His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
Job 4:19
…how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
Hosea 5:12
So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
Isaiah 45:17
But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
Isaiah 46:13
I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.
Job 13:28
So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.

Glossary

Church Isaiah, Book of Moth New Creation, New Creature Righteousness Salvation Wool Worm

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Consolation In Church: Prophecies Concerning Prosperity of God: Faithfulness of God: Righteousness of Jesus, the Christ: Prophecies Concerning Universality of the Kingdom of Life: Brevity and Uncertainty of Moth: Destructive of Garments Salvation: from Generation to Generation The Moth: (Eating a Garment) of God's Judgments The Wicked are Compared to Moth-Eaten Garments Wicked (People): Compared With: Moth-Eaten Garments

Isaiah 51:8

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