Isaiah 41:1
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.
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Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Job 38:3Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and answer you me.
Psalms 46:10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Isaiah 8:9Associate yourselves, O all of you people, and all of you shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all you of far countries: gird yourselves, and all of you shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and all of you shall be broken in pieces.
Isaiah 34:1Come near, all of you nations, to hear; and hearken, all of you people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come out of it.
Isaiah 41:21Produce your cause, says the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, says 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 →