Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 41:1

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.

Attend diligently to my plea, and then answer it if you can.

O you Inhabitants of Islands, as the next clause explains this. By [illegible: 1+ letters]ands he here means, as he doth Chap. 40. 15. and elsewhere. Countries remote from Iudea, inhabited by the Idolatrous Gentiles, with whom he here debateth his cause.

Strengthen themselves to maintain their cause against me, let them unite all their strength together.

Unto me that we may stand together, and plead our cause before any indifferent Judge.

I will give them free liberty to say what they can on their own behalf.

Marginal references: Heb. people.