Isaiah 41:13 (DRB)

Passage

For I am the Lord thy God, who take thee by the hand, and say to thee: Fear not, I have helped thee.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 41:11 Behold all that fight against thee shall be confounded and ashamed, they shall be as nothing, and the men shall perish that strive against thee.

Isaiah 41:12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find the men that resist thee: they shall be as nothing: and as a thing consumed the men that war against thee.

Isaiah 41:13 For I am the Lord thy God, who take thee by the hand, and say to thee: Fear not, I have helped thee.

Isaiah 41:14 Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, you that are dead of Israel: I have helped thee, saith the Lord: and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 41:15 I have made thee as a new thrashing wain, with teeth like a saw: thou shalt thrash the mountains, and break them in pieces: and shalt make the hills as chaff.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "take", "thee", "hand", "fear", and "helped". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "take", 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 of Jacob you...", so "lord" and "take" 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 "lord" and "take" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.