be not dismayed lit. "look not round" in terror.
I will strengthen The perf. tense used in the original expresses the unalterable determination of the speaker's will; Driver, Tenses, § 13.
the right hand of my righteousness Either "my righteous right hand," or, "my right hand of righteousness." See Appendix, Note II.
Verse Isaiah 41:10. _Be not dismayed _- ואל תשתע veal tishta, "AND be not dismayed." The ו _vau_ is added by twenty-one of Dr. _Kennicott's_ MSS., thirty of _De Rossi's_, and one of my own, and three...
FEAR THOU NOT - This verse is plain in its meaning, and is full of consolation. It is to be regarded as addressed primarily to the exiled Jews during their long and painful captivity in Babylon; and t...
CHAPTER 41 Jehovah's Challenge 1. _The address to the islands and the peoples (Isaiah 41:1)_ 2. _Jehovah's question, Cyrus and his ways predicted (Isaiah 41:2)_ 3. Nations troubled on account of Cyru...
But Israel, who in the person of Abraham was summoned from Mesopotamia, is also a chosen instrument of Yahweh, and has nothing to fear amid these commotions. ISAIAH 41:10. RIGHT. RIGHTEOUSNESS: rend...
FEAR THOU NOT. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 31:6; Deuteronomy 31:8). BE NOT DISMAYED. look not around. Some codices, with Syriac, read "and be not", &c. It is this that dismays (see notes on P...
DISCOURSE: 925 THE WEAK BELIEVER COMFORTED Isaiah 41:10. _Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee...
BUT THOU, ISRAEL, &C.— The prophet here subjoins to his reproof of the nations, a consolation to the people of God, drawn from the same argument, as also he had done in the preceding section. See the...
b. GOD'S PEOPLE SAVED TEXT: Isaiah 41:8-13 8 But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend, 9 thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, an...
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. BE NOT DISMAYE...
41:10 dismayed, (d-11) Or 'bewildered.' it is strictly, 'to look on one another with amazement,' or as seeking help. strengthen (e-19) Others, 'choose,' comparing it with ch. 44.14....
CYRUS GOD'S AGENT 1-7. Jehovah and the gods of the heathen compared as in a court of judgment. Jehovah has raised up Cyrus and given him victory, in order to carry out His good purposes, while the he...
MY RIGHTEOUSNESS] i.e. faithfulness to My purpose as declared in My promises (see Isaiah 41:2). 11-14. It is impossible that the servant thus chosen and honoured can be cast off (oppressed for ever)....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 41 KNOW WHO REALLY CONTROLS EVENTS V1 God speaks: ‘You people in distant...
Similarly, God is ready to give his friends the strength that they need at any time. GOD WILL HELP YOU V14 So do not be afraid, Israel, small and weak as you are. I, the *Lord, will help you. I am...
FEAR THOU NOT... — The thought of the election of God gives a sense of security to His chosen. I WILL STRENGTHEN THEE. — The verb unites with this meaning (as in Isaiah 35:3; Psalms 89:21) the idea of...
אַל ־תִּירָא֙ כִּ֣י עִמְּךָ ־אָ֔נִי אַל ־תִּש
CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
BOOK 3 THE SERVANT OF THE LORD HAVING completed our survey of the fundamental truths of our prophecy, and studied the subject which forms its immediate and most urgent interest, the deliverance of Is...
THE LORD UPHOLDETH HIS SERVANT Isaiah 41:1-16 The conception of this passage is superb. Jehovah is represented as summoning the earth to determine whether He or some idol of the heathen is the true G...
Having thus announced the majesty of Jehovah, the prophet proceeds to utter his general manifesto. This occupies Chapter s forty-one and forty-two. In chapter forty-one Jehovah challenges the island a...
Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the (k) right hand of my righteousness. (k) That...
_Upheld thee. Cyrus shall gain the victory, and give thee liberty._...
I beg the Reader to pause over these blessed verses, and inquire, with me, whether it be not the Lord Jesus that is here spoken to by Jehovah, when beholding him as the Husband and Head of his Church...
10._Fear not. _The former doctrine having had for its aim that the people should rely on God, the Prophet concludes from the numerous blessings by which the Lord manifested his love, that the people o...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 41, 42, AND 43. Chapter 41 begins the historical details which prove this. Who raised up Cyrus to overthrow idolatry? But in the midst of the havoc he made of...
FEAR THOU NOT, FOR I AM WITH THEE,.... Not merely by his essence or power, who is every where; or by his providence supporting, preserving, observing, ordering, and overruling all things; but in a way...
Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Ver. 10. _Fea...
_But thou, Israel, art my servant_ Thus the Gentiles show themselves to be the servants of their idols, and own them for their gods: but thou art my people, and I am and will be thy God. _Jacob, whom...
Fear thou not, for I am with thee, with His merciful power; BE NOT DISMAYED, filled with anxiety, FOR I AM THY GOD, who freely gives His heart, His grace, His salvation, to His children; I WILL STRENG...
The Lord's Promise of a Future Victory...
10-20 God speaks with tenderness; Fear thou not, for I am with thee: not only within call, but present with thee. Art thou weak? I will strengthen thee. Art thou in want of friends? I will help thee...
Which I do and will manage with righteousness, whereby I will deliver thee, and destroy thine and mine enemies, as it follows....
Isaiah 41:10 Fear H3372 (H8799) dismayed H8159 (H8691) God H430 strengthen H553 (H8765) help H5826 ...
GOD'S ASSURANCE OF SUCCESS TO HIS PEOPLE, WEAK THOUGH THEY ARE (ISAIAH 41:8). Isaiah 41:8 “But you Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The seed of Abraham, the one who loved me.” He now...
Isaiah 41:10 God can be God and fearless, but we can scarcely be creatures and fearless. Still less is it likely that sinful creatures should be fearless. It is more than the Father looks for under th...
Isaiah 41:8. _But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom l have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend._ Let us, for the time being, forget the people to whom this message was addressed, and see whe...
Isaiah 41:1. _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._ God invites people to argue...
God enters into a controversy with those who had fallen into the worship of idols. Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then l...
CONTENTS: Greatness of God and weakness of man. Admonition to shun idols and encouragement to trust in God. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Jacob. CONCLUSION: Jehovah is infinite, eternal and unchangeable....
Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, oh islands._ Commentators here refer us to the time of our Saviour's birth, for the isles of Chittim designate the Roman power. In the Augustan age, the temple of...
_Fear thou not; for I am with thee_ “FEAR THOU NOT!” I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH GOD ADDRESSES HIS PEOPLE. They are poor and needy. It is necessary that God should have room in which to work. Empt...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 41:10 YOU is the people as a whole (called “Jacob” in v. Isaiah 41:8). Unlike the terrified nations of v....
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 41:1 God alone guides history, for his glory and for the benefit of his people. ⇐ ⇔
TWO KINDS OF HELP Isaiah 41:6. _They helped every one his neighbour, &c._ Isaiah 41:10. _Fear not; I will help thee, &c._ It is manifestly the intention of the prophet to exhibit the contrast betwee...
SECTION II.—RECOVERY OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD FROM THEIR SIN, AND FROM THEIR BONDAGE IN BABYLON (CH. 41-48.). EXPOSITION...
In the forty-first chapter of Isaiah in the first part of the chapter, God begins His predictions concerning Cyrus who was not yet born. A man who was not to be born for a hundred and fifty years. But...
1 Chronicles 12:18; 2 Chronicles 20:17; 2 Chronicles 32:8; 2 Corinthians 12:9;...
THE GOD OF ALL HELP Isaiah 41:8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Isaiah is one that lives with us in every daily task and conflict. Sometimes we think that the Old Testament Scriptures are far separat...