Isaiah 41:21 (YLT)

Passage

Bring near your cause, saith Jehovah, Bring nigh your mighty ones, saith the king of Jacob.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 41:19 I give in a wilderness the cedar, Shittah, and myrtle, and oil-tree, I set in a desert the fir-pine and box-wood together.

Isaiah 41:20 So that they see, and know, And regard, and act wisely together, For the hand of Jehovah hath done this, And the Holy One of Israel hath prepared it.

Isaiah 41:21 Bring near your cause, saith Jehovah, Bring nigh your mighty ones, saith the king of Jacob.

Isaiah 41:22 They bring nigh, and declare to us that which doth happen, The first things--what they <FI>are<Fi> declare ye, And we set our heart, and know their latter end, Or the coming things cause us to hear.

Isaiah 41:23 Declare the things that are coming hereafter, And we know that ye <FI>are<Fi> gods, Yea, ye may do good or do evil, And we look around and see <FI>it<Fi> together.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "bring", "near", "cause", "saith", "jehovah", "nigh", and "mighty". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "bring" and "near", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "So that they see and know And..." into verse 22's "They bring nigh and declare to us...", so "bring" and "near" 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 "bring" and "near" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.