Isaiah 43:5 (ASV)

Passage

Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

Nearby Context

Isaiah 43:3 For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.

Isaiah 43:4 Since thou hast been precious in my sight, [and] honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.

Isaiah 43:5 Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

Isaiah 43:6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;

Isaiah 43:7 every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fear", "thee", "bring", "seed", "east", "gather", and "west". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "fear" and "thee", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Since thou hast been precious in my..." into verse 6's "I will say to the north Give...", so "fear" and "thee" 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 "fear" and "thee" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.