Isaias 41:5

Filipino Cebuano Bible

5 Ang mga pulo nanagpakakita, ug nangalisang; ang mga kinatumyan sa yuta nangurog; sila nanuol ug nanganhi.

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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

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.