--- title: "Isaiah 41:1-16 KJV - \"Keep silence before me, O islands; and...\" | Real Bible Believers" description: "\"Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come n\" β€” Read Isaiah 41:1-16 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon." image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/isaiah/41/1-16" --- [ Read](/kjv/isaiah/41)[ Commentary](/study/isaiah/41)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/isaiah/41) Audio ## Isaiah 41:1-16 in Context (Verses 1–19 KJV) [1 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/1) Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew *their* strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. [2 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/2) Who raised up the righteous *man* from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made *him* rule over kings? he gave *them* as the dust to his sword, *and* as driven stubble to his bow.* [3 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/3) He pursued them, *and* passed safely; *even* by the way *that* he had not gone with his feet.* [4 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/4) Who hath wrought and done *it*, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I *am* he. [5 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/5) The isles saw *it*, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. [6 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/6) They helped every one his neighbour; and *every one* said to his brother, Be of good courage.* [7 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/7) So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, *and* he that smootheth *with* the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It *is* ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, *that* it should not be moved.*** [8 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/8) But thou, Israel, *art* my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. [9 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/9) *Thou* whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou *art* my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. [10 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/10) ΒΆ Fear thou not; for I *am* with thee: be not dismayed; for I *am* thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. [11 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/11) Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.* [12 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/12) Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, *even* them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.** [13 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/13) For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. [14 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/14) Fear not, thou worm Jacob, *and* ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.* [15 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/15) Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat *them* small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.* [16 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/16) Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, *and* shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. [17 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/17) *When* the poor and needy seek water, and *there is* none, *and* their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. [18 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/18) I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. [19 ](/kjv/isaiah/41/19) I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, *and* the pine, and the box tree together: [Isaiah 40](/kjv/isaiah/40) [Isaiah 42](/kjv/isaiah/42) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/isaiah/41/1-16#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/isaiah/41/1-16#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/isaiah/41/1-16","name":"Isaiah 41:1-16 KJV - \"Keep silence before me, O islands; and...\" | Real Bible Believers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/isaiah/41/1-16#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"\"Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come n\" β€” Read Isaiah 41:1-16 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/isaiah/41/1-16#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/isaiah/41/1-16"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/isaiah/41/1-16#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv","name":"KJV Bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/isaiah","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/isaiah","name":"Isaiah"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/isaiah/41","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/isaiah/41","name":"41"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/isaiah/41/1-16","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/isaiah/41/1-16","name":"Verse 1-16"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]} ```