Isaiah 41:1

Keep silence before Me, O iyim (islands); 1 and let the people renew their ko'ach (strength); 1 let them come near; 1 then let them speak; let us come near together for mishpat (judgment, i.e., G-dʼs tribunal). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 awakened the just one + 41:2 Koresh, Cyrus 44:28 from the mizrach (east), 1 called him to His raglayim, 1 gave the Goyim before him, 1 and made him rule over melachim? 1 He gave them as the aphar to his + 41:2 the conquerorʼs cherev, 1 and as windblown kash (chaff, stubble) to his + 41:2 the conquerorʼs keshet (bow). 1

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Cross References

Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find Him! 1 That I might come even to His techunah (abode)! 1

Job 38:3Gird up now thy loins like a gever; 1 for I will ask of thee, and thou wilt answer Me. 1

Psalms 46:10He maketh milchamot to cease unto the end of ha'aretz; 1 He breaketh the keshet (bow), and cutteth the khanit (spear); 1 He burneth the chariots in the eish. 1

Isaiah 8:9Exasperate yourselves, O ye Amim (Nations), and ye shall be broken in pieces; 1 and give ear, all ye of far countries; 1 gird yourselves for battle, and ye shall be broken in pieces; 1 gird yourselves for battle, and ye shall be broken in pieces. 1

Isaiah 34:1Come near, ye Goyim, to hear; 1 and pay heed, ye peoples; 1 let ha'aretz hear, and all that is therein; 1 the tevel (world), and all things that come forth of it. 1

Isaiah 41:21Present your case, saith Hashem; 1 bring forth your strong arguments for proof, saith Melech Ya'akov. 1

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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