Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 43:5
5Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, 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, and your Savior. I have given Egypt as a ransom for you, Cush and Seba in your place. 4Because you are precious in my sight and honored, and I love you, I will give people in exchange for you and nations instead of your life. Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, 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 away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth — 7everyone who bears my name and is created for my glory. I have formed them; indeed, I have made them.”
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אַל־תִּירָ֖א כִּ֣י אִתְּךָ־אָ֑נִי מִמִּזְרָח֙ אָבִ֣יא זַרְעֶ֔ךָ וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֖ב אֲקַבְּצֶֽךָּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 43:5
- Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, and the flame will not burn you.
- Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will hold on to you with my righteous right hand.
- Isaiah 44:2This is the word of the Lord your Maker, the one who formed you from the womb: He will help you. Do not fear, Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
- Jeremiah 30:10As for you, my servant Jacob, do not be afraid — this is the Lord’s declaration — and do not be discouraged, Israel, for without fail I will save you out of a distant place, your descendants, from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return and have calm and quiet with no one to frighten him.
- Jeremiah 46:27But you, my servant Jacob, do not be afraid, and do not be discouraged, Israel, for without fail I will save you from far away, and your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return and have calm and quiet with no one to frighten him.
- Acts 18:9The Lord said to Paul in a night vision, “Don’t be afraid, but keep on speaking and don’t be silent.
- Isaiah 11:11On that day the Lord will extend his hand a second time to recover the remnant of his people who survive — from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coasts and islands of the west.
- Isaiah 27:12On that day the Lord will thresh grain from the Euphrates River as far as the Wadi of Egypt, and you Israelites will be gathered one by one.
- Isaiah 49:12See, these will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Sinim.
- Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord shines over you.
- Isaiah 66:19I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from them to the nations — to Tarshish, Put, Lud (who are archers), Tubal, Javan, and the coasts and islands far away — who have not heard about me or seen my glory. And they will proclaim my glory among the nations.
- Deuteronomy 30:3then he will restore your fortunes, have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.
- 1 Kings 8:46When they sin against you — for there is no one who does not sin — and you are angry with them and hand them over to the enemy, and their captors deport them to the enemy’s country — whether distant or nearby —
- Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord. All the families of the nations will bow down before you,
- Psalms 106:47Save us, Lord our God, and gather us from the nations, so that we may give thanks to your holy name and rejoice in your praise.
- Psalms 107:3and has gathered them from the lands — from the east and the west, from the north and 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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