John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 41:11
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee ,.... For rejecting their idols, and idol worship; for receiving the Gospel, and professing it: shall be ashamed and confounded ; their idols not being able to help them, nor they to defend the worship of them: the same is said with respect to Christ, Isaiah 45:24 , they shall be as nothing, and they that strive with thee shall perish ; or, "the men of thy strife" F15 אנשי ריבך "viri litis tuae", Montanus; "rixae tuae",... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 41:10-20
The scope of these verses is to silence the fears, and encourage the faith, of the servants of God in their distresses. Perhaps it is intended, in the first place, for the support of God's Israel, in captivity; but all that faithfully serve God through patience and comfort of this scripture may have hope. And it is addressed to Israel as a single person, that it might the more easily and readily be accommodated and applied by every Israelite indeed to himself. That is a word of caution,... read more