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Pentecost Season · Proper 16 · Year A

Isaiah 51:1-6

My Salvation Will Be Forever

August 23, 2026

Abraham Entertaining the Three Angels, Arent de Gelder
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Rembrandt's last pupil paints the meal in his master's warm half-light, long after the fashion for it had passed.Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, but I blessed him and made him many.Arent de GelderRembrandt's last pupil, who kept his master's manner for fifty years after it had gone out of fashion, and was alone in doing so.for "do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares"No holding institution is recorded with the image; it is known from reproduction.for "do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares"
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMatt. 16:13-20Mt 16:13-20
EpistleRom. 12:1-8Rom 12:1-8
Old TestamentExod. 1:8-2:10Ex 1:8-2:10Alt. OTIsa. 51:1-6Is 51:1-6
PsalterPs. 124Ps 124Alt. PsalmPs. 138Ps 138

Overview & Insights

"Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment... but my salvation will be forever." (Isaiah 51:6)

The LORD calls his people to attend as he promises that his teaching and justice will go out as a light to the peoples. Though the heavens vanish like smoke and the earth wears out like a garment, God declares that his salvation and righteousness will endure forever.

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Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 51:1-6Commentary on Is 51:1-6 Working Preacher

The Lutheran home commentary on this Year A reading by a named seminary scholar.

Isaiah 51 - Comfort and Salvation for ZionIs 51 - Comfort and Salvation for Zion Enduring Word · David Guzik

A verse-by-verse evangelical study of the call to look to the rock and to God's everlasting salvation.

Isaiah 51:1 CommentariesIs 51:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentaries gathered verse by verse on Abraham the rock and the comfort of Zion.

Isaiah 51:1 Verse-by-Verse CommentaryIs 51:1 Verse-by-Verse Commentary StudyLight

A large library of expositors stacked verse by verse for a further voice on the passage.

Isaiah Commentaries and SermonsIs Commentaries and Sermons Precept Austin

A gateway to inductive word studies and cross references across Isaiah.

Background & Word Study

Isaiah 51 (Hebrew and English)Is 51 (Hebrew and English) Sefaria

The Hebrew of the oracle alongside English with linked Jewish commentary for the OT reading.

Isaiah 51:1 InterlinearIs 51:1 Interlinear BibleHub

The Hebrew of the passage word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers.

Isaiah 1-39 OverviewIs 1-39 Overview BibleProject

An animated overview of Isaiah that frames these promises of comfort to a waiting people.

The Church Fathers

Isaiah 51 (Catena)Is 51 (Catena) Catena

Patristic comments verse by verse on Abraham the rock and salvation that endures forever.

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