Isaiah 43:5

5 Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.

Isaiah 43:5 in Other Translations

5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

5 Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you.

5 “Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will gather you and your children from east and west.

5 "So don't be afraid: I'm with you. I'll round up all your scattered children, pull them in from east and west.

5 Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

5 Do not be afraid, because I am with you. I will bring your descendants from the east and gather you from the west.

5 Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west.

5 Do not be afraid. I am with you. I will bring your people back from the east. I will gather you from the west.

Isaiah 43:5 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 43:5

Fear not, for I am with thee
With thy ministers that preach the everlasting Gospel, to make it effectual to the conversion of many everywhere, as well as to bear thee up under all trials, and to cause thee to stand against all opposition: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
which is to be understood not literally of the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity; for these several quarters, east, west, north, and south, will hardly agree with that, though it may be supposed they were scattered in several countries; but spiritually of the gathering in of God's elect, whether Jews or Gentiles, which were scattered abroad throughout the world, called the "seed" of the church, because born to her, and brought up in her, and of which she consists; and therefore she herself is said to be gathered, converts being brought in from all quarters; from the "east", even from India, where the Apostle Thomas is said to preach the Gospel, and from other "eastern" countries; and from the "west", from the European nations, good part of which lay west of Judea. Our Lord seems to have respect to this passage in ( Matthew 8:12 ) .

Isaiah 43:5 In-Context

3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead.

4 Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.

5 Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.

6 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth—

7 everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 15:1; Isaiah 44:2
• 2. S Genesis 21:22; S Exodus 14:22; Jeremiah 30:10-11
• 3. Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 54:3; Isaiah 61:9; Isaiah 66:22
• 4. S Isaiah 11:12; S Isaiah 49:18
• 5. S Isaiah 24:14; Zechariah 8:7; S Matthew 8:11