Q&A for Isaiah 41

Chapter
Question/Answer 1
Question 1

1. Why does God tell Israel not to be afraid?

Answer 1

v 10 and 11 Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you.
Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you.
Yes, I will help you.
Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded.
Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.

Question/Answer 2
Question 2

2. What are the strong reasons that God challenges anyone else to produce?

Answer 2

v 21 to 23 Produce your cause,” says the LORD.
“Bring out your strong reasons!” says the King of Jacob.

“Let them announce and declare to us what will happen!
Declare the former things, what they are,
that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them;
or show us things to come.

Declare the things that are to come hereafter,
that we may know that you are gods.
Yes, do good, or do evil,
that we may be dismayed,
and see it together.

Question/Answer 3
Question 3

3. What does God conclude when he looks for a counsellor to answer him?

Answer 3

v 28 and 29 When I look, there is no man,
even amongst them there is no counsellor who, when I ask of them, can answer a word.

Behold, all of their deeds are vanity and nothing.
Their molten images are wind and confusion.