Bible Study: Anxiety and Worry 4

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Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. - Isaiah 41:10 Why worry about troubles if you have God on your side? _________________________________________________ Chapter 41 The Rise of Cyrus Cyrus is not here named, but is named in 44:28 and 45:1, and unmistakably is the "one from the east" (2), and the "one from the north" (25), (armies from the east always entered Palestine from the north). Isaiah died 150 years before the days of Cyrus; yet here is given a vision of his rapid conquest of the world, which is ascribed to the Providence of God (4). God promises protection for Israel (8-20); and then challenges the gods of the nations to show their ability to predict the future (21-29. See further under chapter 44). ~Henry H. Halley, Halley's Bible Handbook, p.258 Grand Rapids Michigan, Zondervan Publishing House, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943,1944, 1946, 1948,1951, 1955, 1957, 1959, pg 301, ¶ 3 ("bolding" of text added by me, so as to highlight the section described by the verse).