Isaiah 41:1

Keep silence before me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let us come near together to judgment.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

In Context

2Who raised up the righteous [man] from the east. He calls him to his foot? He gives nations before him, and makes him rule over kings. He gives them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow.

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Cross References

Job 23:3O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!

Job 38:3Gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.

Psalms 46:10Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.

Isaiah 8:9Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces. And give ear, all ye of far countries. Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces. Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces.

Isaiah 34:1Come near, ye nations, to hear. And hearken, ye peoples. Let the earth hear, and the fullness thereof, the world, and all things that come forth from it.

Isaiah 41:21Produce your case, says LORD. Bring forth your strong reasons, says the King of Jacob.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 41:1

This chapter, as the former, in intended both for the conviction of idolaters and for the consolation of all God's faithful worshippers; for the Spirit is sent, and ministers are employed by him, both to convince and to comfort. And however this might be primarily intended for the conviction of Babylonians, and the comfort of Israelites, or for the conviction of those in Israel that were addicted to idolatry, as multitudes were, and the comfort of those that kept their integrity, doubtless it was intended both for… Read the whole commentary →

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