Psalms 102:26

102:26 They will perish,

but you will endure. ¹ 

They will wear out like a garment;

like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear. ² 

Isaiah 51:6

51:6 Look up at the sky!

Look at the earth below!

For the sky will dissipate ³  like smoke,

and the earth will wear out like clothes;

its residents will die like gnats.

But the deliverance I give ⁴  is permanent;

the vindication I provide ⁵  will not disappear. ⁶ 

Matthew 24:35

24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. ⁷ 

Mark 13:31

13:31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. ⁸ 

Romans 8:20

8:20 For the creation was subjected to futility – not willingly but because of God ⁹  who subjected it – in hope

Hebrews 1:11-12

1:11 They will perish, but you continue.

And they will all grow old like a garment,

1:12 and like a robe you will fold them up

and like a garment ¹⁰  they will be changed,

but you are the same and your years will never run out.” ¹¹ 

Revelation 20:11

The Great White Throne

20:11 Then ¹²  I saw a large ¹³  white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven ¹⁴  fled ¹⁵  from his presence, and no place was found for them.

Revelation 21:1

A New Heaven and a New Earth

21:1 Then ¹⁶  I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist, ¹⁷  and the sea existed no more.

¹ tn Heb “stand.”

² tn The Hebrew verb חָלַף (khalaf) occurs twice in this line, once in the Hiphil (“you will remove them”) and once in the Qal (“they will disappear”). The repetition draws attention to the statement.

³ tn Heb “will be torn in pieces.” The perfect indicates the certitude of the event, from the Lord’s rhetorical perspective.

⁴ tn Heb “my deliverance.” The same Hebrew word can also be translated “salvation” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); cf. CEV “victory.”

⁵ tn Heb “my righteousness [or “vindication”].”

⁶ tn Heb “will not be shattered [or “dismayed”].”

⁷ sn The words that Jesus predicts here will never pass away. They are more stable and lasting than creation itself. For this kind of image, see Isa 40:8; 55:10-11.

⁸ sn The words that Jesus predicts here will never pass away. They are more stable and lasting than creation itself! For this kind of image, see Isa 40:8; 55:10-11.

⁹ tn Grk “because of the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tc The words “like a garment” (ὡς ἱμάτιον, Jw" Jimation) are found in excellent and early mss (Ì⁴⁶ א A B D* 1739) though absent in a majority of witnesses (D¹ Ψ 0243 0278 33 1881 Ï lat sy bo). Although it is possible that longer reading was produced by overzealous scribes who wanted to underscore the frailty of creation, it is much more likely that the shorter reading was produced by scribes who wanted to conform the wording to that of Ps 102:26 (101:27 LXX), which here lacks the second “like a garment.” Both external and internal considerations decidedly favor the longer reading, and point to the author of Hebrews as the one underscoring the difference between the Son and creation.

¹¹ sn A quotation from Ps 102:25-27.

¹² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

¹³ tn Traditionally, “great,” but μέγας (megas) here refers to size rather than importance.

¹⁴ tn Or “and the sky.” The same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky,” and context usually determines which is meant. In this apocalyptic scene, however, it is difficult to be sure what referent to assign the term.

¹⁵ tn Or “vanished.”

¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

¹⁷ tn For the translation of ἀπέρχομαι (apercomai; here ἀπῆλθαν [aphlqan]) L&N 13.93 has “to go out of existence – ‘to cease to exist, to pass away, to cease.’”