Isaiah 41:1
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let nations acquire new strength: let them approach, then let them speak, together let us come near to judgment.
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Job 23:3Oh who would grant that I knew where I might find him! that I might attain to his Judgment throne!
Job 38:3Do but gird up like a mighty man thy loins: and I will ask thee, and do thou inform me.
Psalms 46:10(46:11) Leave off, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted on the earth.
Isaiah 8:9Associate yourselves, O ye people, yet shall ye be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of the far portions of the earth: gird yourselves, yet shall ye be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, yet shall ye be broken in pieces.
Isaiah 34:1Come near, ye nations, to hear; and ye people, hearken: let the earth hear, and all that filleth it; the world, and all things that spring forth of it.
Isaiah 41:21Produce your cause, saith the Lord: bring forward your strong reasons, saith 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 →