Isaia 41:5

5 Le isole lo vedono, e son prese da paura; le estremità della terra tremano. Essi s’avvicinano, arrivano!

Isaia 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.

Isaia 41:5 In-Context

3 Ei li insegue, e passa in trionfo per una via che i suoi piedi non hanno mai calcato.

4 Chi ha operato, chi ha fatto questo? Colui che fin dal principio ha chiamato le generazioni alla vita; io, l’Eterno, che sono il primo, e che sarò cogli ultimi sempre lo stesso.

5 Le isole lo vedono, e son prese da paura; le estremità della terra tremano. Essi s’avvicinano, arrivano!

6 S’aiutano a vicenda; ognuno dice al suo fratello: "Coraggio!"

7 Il fabbro incoraggia l’orafo; il battiloro incoraggia colui che batte l’incudine, e dice della saldatura: "E’ buona!" e fissa l’idolo con de’ chiodi, perché non si smova.