Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 51:4-5

"Attend unto me, O my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples. My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust." — Isaiah 51:4-5 (ASV)

God will not always be forgotten; man will not always trust in his fellow man to save him, or put his confidence in the idols he has himself made. The day is coming when the King of Kings shall come to claim his own again, and his loyal people shall see the kingdom spread as it never has before.

Blessed be his name, this promise shall certainly be fulfilled: the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. It is remarkable that there are so many prophecies made concerning the isles, and that it is in islands, today, that the gospel seems to have spread so marvelously. In our own British Isles, in the isles of the southern seas, and in Madagascar, what wonders of grace have been worked!