Isa 51:6 | NET2full | STEP | Look up at the sky . Look at the earth below . For the sky will dissipate like smoke , and the earth will wear out like clothes ; its residents will die like gnats . But the deliverance I give is permanent ; the vindication I provide will not disappear .

‏ Isaiah 51:6

6 Look up at the sky.
Look at the earth below.
For the sky will dissipate ^{▼▼tn Heb “will be torn in pieces.” The perfect indicates the certitude of the event, from the Lord’s rhetorical perspective.} like smoke,
and the earth will wear out like clothes;
its residents will die like gnats.
But the deliverance I give ^{▼▼tn Heb “my deliverance.” The same Hebrew word can also be translated “salvation” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); cf. CEV “victory.”} is permanent;
the vindication I provide ^{▼▼tn Heb “my righteousness [or “vindication”].”} will not disappear. ^{▼▼tn Heb “will not be shattered [or “dismayed”].”}