Isaiah 41:5

The nations saw, and feared; the ends of the earth drew nigh, and came together,

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

In Context

4Who has wrought and done these things? he has called it who called it from the generations of old; I God, the first and to all futurity, I AM.

6every one judging for his neighbor and that to assist his brother: and one will say,

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Cross References

Genesis 10:5From these were the islands of the Gentiles divided in their land, each according to his tongue, in their tribes and in their nations.

Joshua 2:10For we have heard that the Lord God dried up the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of the land of Egypt, and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

Psalms 65:8Bless our God, ye Gentiles, 1 And make the voice of his praise to be heard; 1

Psalms 66:3That men may know thy way on the earth, 1 Thy salvation among all nations. 1

Ezekiel 26:15For thus saith the Lord God to Tyre; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, while the wounded are groaning, while they have drawn a sword in the midst of thee?

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 →

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