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Isaiah 41:5 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 41 · verse 5
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.Isaiah 41:5 · King James Version
Isaiah 41:5 in context
3He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
4Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
5The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
6They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
7So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fearedyârêʼto fearH3372 →
- afraidchâradto shudder with terrorH2729 →
- islesʼîyproperly, a habitable spotH339 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- endsqâtsâha terminationH7098 →
- nearqârabto approach for whatever purposeH7126 →
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That particular instance of God's care for his people Israel in raising up Cyrus to be their deliverer is here insisted upon as a great proof both of his sovereignty above all idols and of his power to protect his people. Here is, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9