Isaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
What it says
Heaven and earth will wear out, but God's salvation and righteousness will not fail.
What it is doing
This verse contrasts created transience with divine permanence.
In context
1“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, 2Look to Abraham your father, 3For the LORD will comfort Zion 4Pay attention to Me, My people, 5My righteousness draws near, 6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, 7Listen to Me, you who know what is right, 8For the moth will devour them like a garment, 9Awake, awake, 10Was it not You who dried up the sea, 11So the redeemed of the LORD will return 12“I, even I, am He who comforts you. 13But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, 14The captive will soon be freed; 15For I am the LORD your God 16I have put My words in your mouth,