Isaiah 51:8

51:8 For a moth will eat away at them like clothes;

a clothes moth will devour them like wool.

But the vindication I provide ¹  will be permanent;

the deliverance I give will last.”

Isaiah 56:1

The Lord Invites Outsiders to Enter

56:1 This is what the Lord says,

“Promote ²  justice! Do what is right!

For I am ready to deliver you;

I am ready to vindicate you openly. ³ 

Isaiah 51:6

51:6 Look up at the sky!

Look at the earth below!

For the sky will dissipate ⁴  like smoke,

and the earth will wear out like clothes;

its residents will die like gnats.

But the deliverance I give ⁵  is permanent;

the vindication I provide ⁶  will not disappear. ⁷ 

[51:8]  ¹ tn Heb “my vindication”; many English versions “my righteousness”; NRSV, TEV “my deliverance”; CEV “my victory.”

[56:1]  ² tn Heb “guard”; KJV “Keep”; NAB “Observe”; NASB “Preserve”; NIV, NRSV “Maintain.”

[56:1]  ³ tn Heb “for near is my deliverance to enter, and my vindication [or “righteousness”] to be revealed.”

[51:6]  ³ tn Heb “will be torn in pieces.” The perfect indicates the certitude of the event, from the Lord’s rhetorical perspective.

[51:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “my deliverance.” The same Hebrew word can also be translated “salvation” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); cf. CEV “victory.”

[51:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “my righteousness [or “vindication”].”

[51:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “will not be shattered [or “dismayed”].”