Isaiah 41:5
The iyim (islands) saw it, and feared; 1 the ketzot ha'aretz (ends of the earth) trembled; 1 they approached and came near. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 helped everyone his re'a; 1 and everyone said to his brother, chazak! 1
Cross References
Genesis 10:5By these were the coastlands of the Goyim divided in their lands; every one after his leshon, after their mishpechot, in their Goyim.
Joshua 2:10For we have heard how Hashem dried up the waters of the Yam Suf from before you, when ye came out of Mitzrayim; and what ye did unto the two melachim of the Emori, that were beyond the Yarden, Sichon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. + 2:10 put under cherem ban
Psalms 65:8Which stilleth the roar of the seas, 1 the roar of their waves, and the tumult of the Amim (peoples, nations). 1
Psalms 66:3Say unto Elohim, How norah (awesome) art Thou in Thy ma'asim (works)! 1 Through the greatness of Thy oz (might) shall Thine oyevim cower before Thee. 1
Ezekiel 26:15Thus saith Adonoi Hashem to Tzor (Tyre): Shall not the coastlands tremble fearfully at the sound of thy fall, when the chalal (wounded) cry, when the slaughter is made 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 →