Pentecost Season · Proper 16 · Year A
Isaiah 51:1-6
My Salvation Will Be Forever
August 23, 2026
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 51:1-6 Working Preacher
The Lutheran home commentary on this Year A reading by a named seminary scholar.
Isaiah 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 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentaries gathered verse by verse on Abraham the rock and the comfort of Zion.
Isaiah 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 Sermons Precept Austin
A gateway to inductive word studies and cross references across Isaiah.
Background & Word Study
Isaiah 51 (Hebrew and English) Sefaria
The Hebrew of the oracle alongside English with linked Jewish commentary for the OT reading.
Isaiah 51:1 Interlinear BibleHub
The Hebrew of the passage word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers.
Isaiah 1-39 Overview BibleProject
An animated overview of Isaiah that frames these promises of comfort to a waiting people.
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