What Does Isaiah 41:1 Mean?

“Keep silence”

to scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad

near, with or among; often in general, to

“before me O islands”

properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island

“and let the people”

a community

“renew”

properly, to slide by, i.e., (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change

“their strength”

vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)

“let them come near”

to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causati

at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore

“then let them speak”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

“together”

properly, a unit, i.e., (adverb) unitedly

“to judgment”

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind

“let us come near”

to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose