Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 41:16

"Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel." — Isaiah 41:16 (ASV)

You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and you shall rejoice in the LORD, and shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.

All difficulty is gone, torn to pieces small as chaff, and then winnowed away, as the chaff is blown from among the heap on the threshing floor. What a promise this is! You who fear God, believe it, go and practice it, and see if God does not make your greatest difficulties utterly to disappear. Now come two sweet verses:

Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Come, you that are drooping in spirit, here is God's promise to you that you shall overcome all your difficulties, and then shall rejoice in God. "Oh!" you say, "I could rejoice in God if he enabled me to do that." Put the "if" away, and believe that he is about to help you, and anticipate the victory he is going to give you by singing the song of faith.