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Isaiah 43:5
5Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east [where they are scattered], And gather you from the west.
Isaiah 43:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
- New International Version (NIV)Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, And gather you from the west;
Context of Isaiah 43:5
3For I am the Lord your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt [to the Babylonians] as your ransom, Cush (ancient Ethiopia) and Seba [its province] in exchange for you. 4Because you are precious in My sight, You are honored and I love you, I will give other men in return for you and other peoples in exchange for your life. Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east [where they are scattered], And gather you from the west. 6I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ And to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring My sons from far way And My daughters from the ends of the earth, 7Everyone who is called by My Name, Whom I have created for My glory, Whom I have formed, even whom I have made.”
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אַל־תִּירָ֖א כִּ֣י אִתְּךָ־אָ֑נִי מִמִּזְרָח֙ אָבִ֣יא זַרְעֶ֔ךָ וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֖ב אֲקַבְּצֶֽךָּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 43:5
- Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.
- Isaiah 41:10Do not fear [anything], for I am with you; Do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, be assured I will help you; I will certainly take hold of you with My righteous right hand [a hand of justice, of power, of victory, of salvation].’
- Isaiah 44:2This is what the Lord who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you says, ‘Fear not, O Jacob My servant; And Jeshurun (Israel, the upright one) whom I have chosen.
- Jeremiah 30:10Fear not, O Jacob My servant,’ says the Lord, ‘Nor be dismayed or downcast, O Israel; For behold, I will save you from a distant land [of exile] And your descendants from the land of their captivity. Jacob will return and will be quiet and at ease, And no one will make him afraid.
- Jeremiah 46:27“But as for you, do not fear, O My servant Jacob, Nor be dismayed, O Israel! For behold, I will save you from [your captivity in] a distant land, And your descendants from the land of their exile; And Jacob will return and be quiet and secure, And no one will make him afraid.
- Acts 18:9One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, “Do not be afraid anymore, but go on speaking and do not be silent;
- Isaiah 11:11Then it will happen on that day that the Lord Will again acquire with His hand a second time The remnant of His people, who will remain, From Assyria, from [Lower] Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush (Ethiopia), from Elam [in Persia], from Shinar [Babylonia], from Hamath [in Aram], And from the coastlands bordering the [Mediterranean] Sea.
- Isaiah 27:12In that day the Lord will thresh [out His grain] from the flowing stream of the River [Euphrates] to the Brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel.
- Isaiah 49:12In fact, these will come from far away; And, lo, these shall come from the north and from the west, And these from the land of Aswan (southern Egypt).”
- Isaiah 60:1“Arise [from spiritual depression to a new life], shine [be radiant with the glory and brilliance of the Lord]; for your light has come, And the glory and brilliance of the Lord has risen upon you.
- Isaiah 66:19I will set up a [miraculous] sign among them, and from them I will send survivors to the nations: Tarshish, Pul (Put), Lud, Meshech, Tubal and Javan, to the distant islands and coastlands that have not heard of My fame nor seen My glory. And they will declare and proclaim My glory among the nations.
- Deuteronomy 30:3then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes [in your return from exile], and have compassion on you, and will gather you together again from all the peoples (nations) where He has scattered you.
- 1 Kings 8:46“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and hand them over to the enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the enemy’s land, [whether] far away or near;
- Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the nations will bow down and worship before You,
- Psalms 106:47Save us, O Lord our God, And gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks to Your holy name And glory in praising You.
- Psalms 107:3And gathered them from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.
Commentaries on Isaiah 43:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Fear not - (see the note at Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:14; compare Isaiah 43:1). I will bring thy seed - Thy children; thy descendants. The sense is, I will re-collect my scattered people from all parts of the world. The passage appears to have been taken from Deuteronomy 30:3, where God promises to gather his people together again if they should be scattered among the nations, and should then repent. Vitringa understands this of the spiritual descendants of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7In this promise of salvation, the Lord spoke directly to his people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. (De 30:3). seed--descendants scattered in all lands. Vitringa understands it of the spiritual "seed" of the Church produced by mystical regeneration: for the expression is, "bring," not "bring back." This sense is perhaps included, but not to the exclusion of the literal Israel's restoration (Jr 30:10, 11; Am 9:9; Zec 2:6-13).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 43
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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