Isaiah 51:8
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For the worm shall eat them up as a garment: and the moth shall consume them as wool: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my justice from generation to generation.

the moth

Isaiah 50:9 Behold the Lord God is my helper: who is he that shall condemn me? Lo, they shall all be destroyed as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.

Isaiah 66:24 And they shall go out, and see the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched: and they shall be a loathsome sight to all flesh.

Job 4:19 How much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed as with the moth?

Job 13:28 Who am to be consumed as rottenness, and as a garment that is motheaten.

Hosea 5:12 And I will be like a moth to Ephraim: and like rottenness to the house of Juda.

my righteousness

Isaiah 51:6 Lift up your eyes to heaven, and look down to the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish like smoke, and the earth shall be worn away like a garment, and the inhabitants thereof shall perish in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my justice shall not fail.

Isaiah 45:17 Israel is saved in the Lord with an eternal salvation: you shall not be confounded, and you shall not be ashamed for ever and ever.

Isaiah 46:13 I have brought my justice near, it shall not be afar off: and my salvation shall not tarry. I will give salvation in Sion, and my glory in Israel.

Luke 1:50 And his mercy is from generation unto generations, to them that fear him.

Context
Salvation for Zion
7Hearken to me, you that know what is just, my people who have my law in your heart: fear ye not the reproach of men, and be not afraid of their blasphemies. 8For the worm shall eat them up as a garment: and the moth shall consume them as wool: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my justice from generation to generation.9Arise, arise, put on strength, O thou arm of the Lord, arise as in the days of old, in the ancient generations. Hast not thou struck the proud one, and wounded the dragon?…
Cross References
Isaiah 14:11
Thy pride is brought down to hell, thy carcass is fallen down: under thee shall the moth be strewed, and worms shall be thy covering.

Isaiah 50:9
Behold the Lord God is my helper: who is he that shall condemn me? Lo, they shall all be destroyed as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.

Isaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to heaven, and look down to the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish like smoke, and the earth shall be worn away like a garment, and the inhabitants thereof shall perish in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my justice shall not fail.

Isaiah 66:24
And they shall go out, and see the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched: and they shall be a loathsome sight to all flesh.

Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks are shortened upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, that transgression may be finished, and sin may have an end, and iniquity may be abolished; and everlasting justice may be brought; and vision and prophecy may be fulfilled; and the Saint of saints may be anointed.

Hosea 5:12
And I will be like a moth to Ephraim: and like rottenness to the house of Juda.

Lexicon
For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

the moth
עָ֔שׁ (‘āš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6211: A moth

will devour them
יֹאכְלֵ֣ם (yō·ḵə·lêm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

like a garment,
כַבֶּ֙גֶד֙ (ḵab·be·ḡeḏ)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

and the worm
סָ֑ס (sās)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5580: A moth

will eat
יֹאכְלֵ֣ם (yō·ḵə·lêm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

them like wool.
וְכַצֶּ֖מֶר (wə·ḵaṣ·ṣe·mer)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6785: Wool

But My righteousness
וְצִדְקָתִי֙ (wə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively

will last forever,
תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה (tih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

My salvation
וִישׁוּעָתִ֖י (wî·šū·‘ā·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3444: Something saved, deliverance, aid, victory, prosperity

through all generations.
לְד֥וֹר (lə·ḏō·wr)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling


Additional Translations
For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation unto all generations.

For as a garment will be devoured by time, and as wool will be devoured by a moth, so shall they be consumed; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation for all generations.

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation unto all generations.

For the moth shall eat them like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation to all generations."

For as a garment eat them doth a moth, And as wool eat them doth a worm, And My righteousness is to the age, And My salvation to all generations.
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