Keep silence — Attend diligently to my plea. Islands — By islands he means countries remote from Judea, inhabited by the idolatrous Gentiles. Renew — Strengthen themselves to maintain their cause against me; let them unite all their strength together. Near — Unto me that we may stand together, and plead our cause, and 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.