Isaiah 41:1

“Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! ¹  Let the nations find renewed strength! Let them approach and then speak; let us come together for debate! ² 

Job 23:3-7; Job 31:35,36; Job 38:3; Job 40:7; Job 40:8-10; Ps 46:10; Isa 1:18; Isa 8:9,10; Isa 41:6,7,21,22; Isa 49:1; Joe 3:10,11; Mic 6:1-3; Hab 2:20; Zec 2:13

¹ tn Or “islands” (KJV, NIV, CEV); TEV “distant lands”; NLT “lands beyond the sea.”

² tn The Hebrew term מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) could be translated “judgment,” but here it seems to refer to the dispute or debate between the Lord and the nations.