Isaiah 41:1 (GNV)

Passage

Keep silence before mee, O ylands, and let the people renue their strength: let the come neere, and let them speake: let vs come together into iudgement.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 41:1 Keep silence before mee, O ylands, and let the people renue their strength: let the come neere, and let them speake: let vs come together into iudgement.

Isaiah 41:2 Who raised vp iustice from the East, and called him to his foote? and gaue the nations before him, and subdued the Kings? he gaue them as dust to his sword, and as scattered stubble vnto his bowe.

Isaiah 41:3 He pursued them, and passed safely by the way that he had not gone with his feete.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "keep", "silence", "before", "ylands", "people", "renue", "strength", and "come". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "keep" and "silence", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Who raised vp iustice from the East...", so "keep" and "silence" should be read forward into that movement. 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 "keep" and "silence" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.