Isaiah 41:1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak… A characteristic word of the second half of Isaiah occurring twelve times. In the general usage of the Old Testament it denotes the islands and coastlands of the Mediterranean (comp. the use of the singular by Isaiah in Isaiah 20:6). Etymologically, it probably means simply "habitable lands"; and this prophet uses it with great laxity, hardly distinguishing it from "lands" (Isaiah 42:15). (Prof. J. Skinner, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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