ISAIAH CHAPTER 41 God called Abraham, and was with him: the nations idolatrous, Isaiah 41:1-8. Israel encouraged by promises of safety and deliverance, Isaiah 41:9-20. The vanity of idols, Isaiah 41:21-24. Redemption by Christ, Isaiah 41:25-29. Keep silence before me; attend diligently to my plea, and then answer it if you can. O islands; O you inhabitants of islands, as the next clause explains this. By islands he here means, as he doth Isaiah 40:15, and elsewhere, countries remote from Judea, inhabited by the idolatrous Gentiles, with whom he here debateth his cause. Let the people renew their strength; strengthen themselves to maintain their cause against me; let them unite all their strength together. Let them come near unto me, that we may stand together, and plead our cause before any indifferent judge. Let them speak; I will give them free liberty to say what they can on their own behalf.
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Isaiah 41:1
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.