Isaías 41:5

5 As ilhas o viram, e temeram; os confins da terra tremeram; aproximaram-se, e vieram.

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 Ele os persegue, e passa adiante em segurança, até por uma vereda em que com os seus pés nunca tinha trilhado.

4 Quem operou e fez isto, chamando as gerações desde o princípio? Eu, o Senhor, que sou o primeiro, e que com os últimos sou o mesmo.

5 As ilhas o viram, e temeram; os confins da terra tremeram; aproximaram-se, e vieram.

6 um ao outro ajudou, e ao seu companheiro disse: Esforça-te.

7 Assim o artífice animou ao ourives, e o que alisa com o martelo ao que bate na bigorna, dizendo da coisa soldada: Boa é. Então com pregos a segurou, para que não viesse a mover-se.