Isaías 41:5

5 Las costas han visto y temen, tiemblan los confines de la tierra, se han acercado y han venido.

Isaías 41:5 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 41:5

The isles saw it, and feared
Not the victory which Abraham got over the kings; nor Cyrus's expedition against Babylon, and other nations, and his deliverance of the Jews; but the progress of the Gospel, through the ministry of the Apostle Paul: the idolatrous inhabitants of the Gentile nations saw great multitudes embracing and professing the Gospel; they saw their idols neglected, and their temples abandoned; they feared what would be the consequence of all this, that their old religion their fathers retained, and they were brought up in, would be abolished; and especially a panic seized the priests on this account, whose livelihood depended upon it: the ends of the earth were afraid;
for the sound of the Gospel by him, and other apostles, went into all the earth, and their words to the end of the world, ( Romans 10:18 ) meaning the inhabitants that dwelt in the furthest parts of the earth, where ignorance and idolatry wholly reigned: they drew near, and came: not to God, nor to Abraham, or Cyrus; rather to their gods, to exert themselves in the defence of their religion; or, which is best, they got together to consult what was proper to be done on such an emergency.

Isaías 41:5 In-Context

3 Los persigue, pasando seguros por una senda por donde no habían andado sus pies.

4 ¿Quién lo ha hecho y lo ha realizado, llamando a las generaciones desde el principio? Yo, el SEÑOR, soy el primero, y con los postreros soy.

5 Las costas han visto y temen, tiemblan los confines de la tierra, se han acercado y han venido.

6 Cada uno ayuda a su prójimo, y dice a su hermano: Sé fuerte.

7 El artífice anima al fundidor, y el que alisa a martillo al que bate el yunque, diciendo de la soldadura: Está bien. Entonces asegura su obra con clavos, para que no se mueva.