Isaiah 41:13 (ASV)

Passage

For I, Jehovah thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 41:11 Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

Isaiah 41:12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

Isaiah 41:13 For I, Jehovah thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

Isaiah 41:14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 41:15 Behold, I have made thee [to be] a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "hold", "right", "hand", "saying", "thee", "fear", and "help". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "hold", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Thou shalt seek them and shalt not..." into verse 14's "Fear not thou worm Jacob and ye...", so "jehovah" and "hold" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jehovah" and "hold" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.