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Isaiah 41:1
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Israel Assured of God’s Help

1 “Keep asilence before Me, O coastlands,
And let the people renew their strength!
Let them come near, then let them speak;
Let us bcome near together for judgment. 
2 “Who raised up one afrom the east?
Who in righteousness called him to His feet?
Who bgave the nations before him,
And made him rule over kings?
Who gave them as the dust to his sword,
As driven stubble to his bow? 
3 Who pursued them, and passed1 safely
By the way that he had not gone with his feet? 
4 aWho has performed and done it,
Calling the generations from the beginning?
‘I, the Lord, am bthe first;
And with the last I am cHe.’ ” 
5 The coastlands saw it and feared,
The ends of the earth were afraid;
They drew near and came.
6 aEveryone helped his neighbor,
And said to his brother,
1“Be of good courage!” 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Isaiah 41:1

ADDITIONAL REASONS WHY THE JEWS SHOULD PLACE CONFIDENCE IN GOD'S PROMISES OF DELIVERING THEM; HE WILL RAISE UP A PRINCE AS THEIR DELIVERER, WHEREAS THE IDOLS COULD NOT DELIVER THE HEATHEN NATIONS FROM THAT PRINCE. (Isa. 41:1-29)

(Zechariah 2:13). God is about to argue the case; therefore let the nations listen in reverential silence. Compare Genesis 28:16-17, as to the spirit in which we ought to behave before God.

before me—rather (turning), "towards me" [MAURER].

islands—including all regions beyond sea (Jeremiah 25:22), maritime regions, not merely isles in the strict sense.

renew . . . strength—Let them gather their strength for the argument; let them adduce their strongest arguments (compare Isaiah 1:18; Job 9:32). "Judgment" means here, to decide the point at issue between us.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 41:1:

Isaiah 41:20
Isaiah 41:21
Isaiah 43:8
Isaiah 43:26
Isaiah 44:11
Isaiah 45:21
Isaiah 59:18

 

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