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Isaiah 41:13 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 41 · verse 13
For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.Isaiah 41:13 · King James Version
What Isaiah 41:13 means
The picture is specific — God holding a hand, and speaking while he does it. Fear not is said by somebody already holding on, which changes what the command is asking for. This sits three verses after the better-known fear thou not of verse ten.
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Isaiah 41:13 in context
11Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
13For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
Commentary
Cross references
- Isaiah 41:10
- Psalms 73:23
- Psalms 63:8
- Psalms 109:31
- Isaiah 42:6
- 2 Timothy 4:17
- Isaiah 45:1
- Deuteronomy 33:26-29
Key words (Strong's)
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- holdchâzaqto fasten uponH2388 →
- handyâmîynthe right hand or side of a person or other objectH3225 →
- Fearyârêʼto fearH3372 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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The scope of these verses is to silence the fears, and encourage the faith, of the servants of God in their distresses. Perhaps it is intended, in the first place, for the support of God's Israel, in captivity; but all that faithfully serve God through patience and comfort of this scripture may have hope.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-20