Isaías 41:5

5 Lo han visto las costas lejanas, y temen;tiemblan los confines de la tierra.¡Ya se acercan, ya vienen!

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 Con paso firme los persiguepor una senda que nunca antes pisó.

4 ¿Quién realizó esto? ¿Quién lo hizo posible?¿Quién llamó a las generaciones desde el principio?Yo, el SEÑOR, soy el primero,y seré el mismo hasta el fin».

5 Lo han visto las costas lejanas, y temen;tiemblan los confines de la tierra.¡Ya se acercan, ya vienen!

6 Cada uno ayuda a su compañero,y le infunde aliento a su hermano.

7 El artesano anima al joyero;y el que aplana con el martillole dice al que golpea el yunque:«¡Es buena la soldadura!»;luego asegura el ídolo con clavospara que no se tambalee.