以赛亚书 41:5

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

眾海島看見了，就都懼怕；地極也都戰兢；他們都近前來。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
海 岛 看 见 就 都 害 怕 ； 地 极 也 都 战 兢 ， 就 近 前 来 。

Contextual Overview

¹ The Lord says, "Faraway countries, listen to me. Let the nations become strong. Come to me and speak; we will meet together to decide who is right. ² "Who caused the one to come from the east? Who gives him victories everywhere he goes? The one who brought him gives nations over to him and defeats kings. He uses his sword, and kings become like dust. He uses his bow, and they are blown away like chaff. ³ He chases them and is never hurt, going places he has never been before. ⁴ Who caused this to happen? Who has controlled history since the beginning? I, the Lord , am the one. I was here at the beginning, and I will be here when all things are finished." ⁵ All you faraway places, look and be afraid; all you places far away on the earth, shake with fear. Come close and listen to me. ⁶ The workers help each other and say to each other, "Be strong!" ⁷ The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and the workman who smooths the metal with a hammer encourages the one who shapes the metal. He says, "This metal work is good." He nails the statue to a base so it can't fall over. ⁸ The Lord says, "People of Israel, you are my servants. People of Jacob, I chose you. You are from the family of my friend Abraham. ⁹ I took you from places far away on the earth and called you from a faraway country. I said, ‘You are my servants.' I have chosen you and have not turned against you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

isles: Genesis 10:5, Ezekiel 26:15, Ezekiel 26:16

the ends: Exodus 15:14, Joshua 2:10, Joshua 5:1, Psalms 65:8, Psalms 66:3, Psalms 67:7

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:4 - and help Job 26:2 - helped Psalms 97:1 - let the multitude of isles Isaiah 24:15 - isles Isaiah 40:15 - the isles Isaiah 42:4 - and the isles Isaiah 44:11 - let them all Isaiah 45:20 - yourselves Habakkuk 2:13 - is it Matthew 22:34 - they Acts 19:28 - and cried

Cross-References

Deuteronomy 32:14
There were milk curds from the cows and milk from the flock; there were fat sheep and goats. There were sheep and goats from Bashan and the best of the wheat. You drank the juice of grapes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The isles saw it, and feared,.... Not the victory which Abraham got over the kings; nor Cyrus's expedition against Babylon, and other nations, and his deliverance of the Jews; but the progress of the Gospel, through the ministry of the Apostle Paul: the idolatrous inhabitants of the Gentile nations saw great multitudes embracing and professing the Gospel; they saw their idols neglected, and their temples abandoned; they feared what would be the consequence of all this, that their old religion their fathers retained, and they were brought up in, would be abolished; and especially a panic seized the priests on this account, whose livelihood depended upon it:

the ends of the earth were afraid; for the sound of the Gospel by him, and other apostles, went into all the earth, and their words to the end of the world, Romans 10:18 meaning the inhabitants that dwelt in the furthest parts of the earth, where ignorance and idolatry wholly reigned: they drew near, and came: not to God, nor to Abraham, or Cyrus; rather to their gods, to exert themselves in the defence of their religion; or, which is best, they got together to consult what was proper to be done on such an emergency.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The isles saw it - The distant nations (see the note at Isaiah 41:1). They saw what was done in the conquests of the man whom God in this remarkable manner had raised up; and they had had demonstration, therefore, of the mighty power of Yahweh above the power of idols.

And feared - Were alarmed, and trembled. All were apprehensive that they would be subdued, and driven away as with the tempest.

The ends of the earth - Distant nations occupying the extremities of the globe (see the note at Isaiah 40:28).

Drew near, and came - Came together for the purpose of mutual alliance, and self-defense. The prophet evidently refers to what he says in the following verses, that they formed treaties; endeavored to prepare for self-defense; looked to their idol-gods, and encouraged each other in their attempts to offer a successful resistance to the victorious arms of Cyrus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 41:5. Were afraid - "And they were terrified"] Three MSS. have ויחרדו vaiyecheridu, adding the conjunction ו vau, which restores the second member of the sentence to its true poetical form.