Isaiah 41:10 (GNV)

Passage

Feare thou not, for I am with thee: be not afraide, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, and helpe thee, and will susteine thee with the right hand of my iustice.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 41:8 But thou, Israel, art my seruant, and thou Iaakob, whom I haue chosen, the seede of Abraham my friend.

Isaiah 41:9 For I haue taken thee from the endes of the earth, and called thee before the chiefe thereof, and saide vnto thee, Thou art my seruant: I haue chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

Isaiah 41:10 Feare thou not, for I am with thee: be not afraide, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, and helpe thee, and will susteine thee with the right hand of my iustice.

Isaiah 41:11 Beholde, all they that prouoke thee, shalbe ashamed, and confounded: they shalbe as nothing, and they that striue with thee, shall perish.

Isaiah 41:12 Thou shalt seeke them and shalt not finde them: to wit, the men of thy strife, for they shall be as nothing, and the men that warre against thee, as a thing of nought.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "feare", "thou", "thee", "afraide", "strengthen", and "helpe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "feare" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "For I haue taken thee from the..." into verse 11's "Beholde all they that prouoke thee shalbe...", so "feare" and "thou" 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 "feare" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.