Isaiah 41:5
Seen have isles and fear, ends of the earth tremble, They have drawn near, yea, they come.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
In Context
6Each his neighbour they help, And to his brother he saith, 'Be strong.'
Cross References
Genesis 10:5By these have the isles of the nations been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.
Joshua 2:10'For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the waters of the Red Sea at your presence, in your going out of Egypt, and that which ye have done to the two kings of the Amorite who [are] beyond the Jordan; to Sihon and to Og whom ye devoted.
Psalms 65:8And the inhabitants of the uttermost parts From Thy signs are afraid, The outgoings of morning and evening Thou causest to sing.
Psalms 66:3Say to God, 'How fearful [are] Thy works, By the abundance of Thy strength, Thine enemies feign obedience to Thee.
Ezekiel 26:15Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Tyre: Do not — from the noise of thy fall, In the groaning of the wounded, In the slaying of the slaughter in thy midst, The isles 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 →