Isaiah 43:5
in Isaiah 43Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
KJV
Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
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This verse in Isaiah 43
Commentary
10 notes on this verse(Verses 5-7) Do not fear, for I am with you: I will bring your descendants from the East, and gather you from the West. I will say to the North, give up: and to the South, do not withhold: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth. And everyone who calls upon my name, I have created him for my glory, and I have formed him and made him. LXX: Do not be afraid, for I am with you: I will bring your offspring from the East, and gather you from the West.
This site's exposition
for I am with you
on Isaiah 43:5-7
Do not be afraid returns with a wider promise, a scattered people gathered from the east and the west. The LORD tells the north, Give them up. Verse 7 gives the reason, everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
These predictions received their fulfillment after the defeat of the Babylonians, for Cyrus commanded [the Jews] to return to Judea. At the time the latter made [their] return from the east, those who had taken flight during the war and reached the west then [also] …
"I will destroy those warring with you on account of the gospel, both people and leaders." He encourages them in this way. "And your children, which you have sown by God and which you have begotten throughout the world, I will gather to my heavenly …
The Medieval Church1 voice
Third, he promises them every kind of liberation from tribulation. First, he promises the benefit of liberation: fear not; from the east, for they had been dispersed in every direction, above: he shall assemble the fugitives of Israel (Isa 11:12); behold I will bring them …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And if this was reckoned so great a thing, to give Egypt for their ransom, what reason have we to admire God's love to us in giving his own Son to be a ransom for us! What are Ethiopia and Seba, all their lives and all their treasures, compared with the blood of Christ?
47 ), Gather us from among the heathen, and in performance of that promise ( Deut. xxx. 4 ), If any of thine be driven to the utmost parts of heaven, thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, which we find pleaded on behalf of the children of the captivity, Neh. i. But who are the seed of Israel that shall be thus carefully gathered in?
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3 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Fear not, for I am with thee,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Fear not - (see the note at Isa 41:10, Isa 41:14; compare Isa 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 Deu 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 the Jews, or of those who should believe on the Messiah among the Gentiles, and who should become the people of God.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
(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 (Jer 30:10, 11;
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The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תִּירָ֖א | tira' | you be afraid | H3372 → | 315 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אִתְּךָ־ | ʾitekha- | [am] with you | H854 → | 929 times |
| אָ֑נִי | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| מִמִּזְרָח֙ | mimizrach | from [the] east | H4217 → | 74 times |
| אָבִ֣יא | ʾavi' | I will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| זַרְעֶ֔ךָ | zarekha | offspring your | H2233 → | 229 times |
| וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֖ב | umimaarav | and from [the] west | H4628 → | 14 times |
| אֲקַבְּצֶֽךָּ׃ | ʾakabetzeka | I will gather you | H6908 → | 127 times |
אַל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
תִּירָ֖אyou be afraid
tira'H3372 →315 times
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
אִתְּךָ־[am] with you
ʾitekha-H854 →929 times
אָ֑נִיI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
מִמִּזְרָח֙from [the] east
mimizrachH4217 →74 times
אָבִ֣יאI will bring
ʾavi'H935 →2568 times
זַרְעֶ֔ךָoffspring your
zarekhaH2233 →229 times
וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֖בand from [the] west
umimaaravH4628 →14 times
אֲקַבְּצֶֽךָּ׃I will gather you
ʾakabetzekaH6908 →127 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 30:3then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 29:14
I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD.…
- Ezekiel 36:24
For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
- Psalms 147:2
The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
- Ezekiel 34:12–13
As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered…
- Lamentations 3:32
Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
- Jeremiah 29:14
Through
Isaiah 49:12Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 43:5–6
Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.
- Isaiah 43:5–6
Through
Luke 13:29People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.
it leads to
- Isaiah 49:6
He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light…
- Malachi 1:11
For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name…
- Isaiah 49:6
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About Isaiah
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Procopius of Gaza, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 43:1-13; Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 13:43.5 and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.