Isaiah 41:5
Islands have seen and fear, || The ends of the earth tremble, || They have drawn near, indeed, they come.
Literal Standard 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
6They each help his neighbor, || And to his brother he says, “Be strong.”
Cross References
Genesis 10:5By these the islands of the nations have been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.
Joshua 2:10For we have heard how YHWH dried up the waters of the Red Sea at your presence, in your going out of Egypt, and that which you have done to the two kings of the Amorite who [are] beyond the Jordan; to Sihon and to Og whom you devoted.
Psalms 65:8And the inhabitants of the uttermost parts || Are afraid from Your signs, || You cause the outgoings of morning and evening to sing.
Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How fearful Your works—By the abundance of Your strength, || Your enemies feign obedience to You.
Ezekiel 26:15Thus said Lord YHWH to Tyre: “Do not—from the noise of your fall, || In the groaning of the wounded, || In the slaying of the slaughter in your midst—The islands shake?
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 →