Isaiah 41:10 (LSB)

Passage

Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will make you mighty, surely I will help you; Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

Nearby Context

Isaiah 41:8 “But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham My friend,

Isaiah 41:9 You whom I have strongly taken hold of from the ends of the earth, And called from its remotest parts And said to you, ‘You are My servant, I have chosen you and not rejected you.

Isaiah 41:10 Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will make you mighty, surely I will help you; Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

Isaiah 41:11 Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored; Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.

Isaiah 41:12 You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them, Those who war with you will be as nothing and non‑existent.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fear", "anxiously", "look", "make", "mighty", "surely", and "help". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "fear" and "anxiously", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "You whom I have strongly taken hold..." into verse 11's "Behold all those who are angered at...", so "fear" and "anxiously" 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 "anxiously" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.