Isaías 41:5

5 Las tierras más allá del mar observan con temor;
las tierras lejanas tiemblan y se movilizan para la guerra.

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 y avanza seguro,
aunque pisa terreno desconocido.

4 ¿Quién ha hecho obras tan poderosas,
llamando a cada nueva generación desde el principio del tiempo?
Soy yo, el Señor
, el Primero y el Último;
únicamente yo lo soy».

5 Las tierras más allá del mar observan con temor;
las tierras lejanas tiemblan y se movilizan para la guerra.

6 Los fabricantes de ídolos se alientan unos a otros
y se dicen: «¡Sé fuerte!».

7 El escultor anima al orfebre,
y el que hace moldes colabora en el yunque.
«Muy bien —dicen—, está quedando bien».
Con cuidado juntan las piezas,
después sujetan el ídolo para que no se caiga.