Isaiah 41:5
The islands saw it and were afraid. The ends of the earth were stupefied. They drew near and arrived.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
In Context
6Each one will help his neighbor and will say to his brother, “Be strengthened.”
Cross References
Genesis 10:5The islands of the Gentiles were divided by these into their regions, each one according to his tongue, and their families in their nations.
Joshua 2:10We have heard that the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea upon your arrival, when you were departing from Egypt, and we heard of the things that you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you put to death.
Psalms 65:8Bless our God, you Gentiles, and make the voice of his praise be heard.
Psalms 66:3So may we know your way upon the earth, your salvation among all nations.
Ezekiel 26:15Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: “Will not the islands shake at the sound of your ruin and at the groans of your slain, when they will have been cut down in your midst?
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 41:2-10
Idolatry Exposed. ( b. c. 708.) 1 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. 2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. 3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. 4 Who hath wrought and done it,… Read the whole commentary →