The Meaning of Isaiah 41:11 Explained

Isaiah 41:11

KJV: Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

YLT: Lo, all those displeased with thee, They are ashamed and blush, They are as nothing, yea, perish Do the men who strive with thee.

Darby: Lo, all that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

ASV: Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Behold, all they that were incensed  against thee shall be ashamed  and confounded:  they shall be as nothing; and they  that strive  with thee shall perish. 

What does Isaiah 41:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Isaiah 41:1-16 - The Lord Upholdeth His Servant
The conception of this passage is superb. Jehovah is represented as summoning the earth to determine whether He or some idol of the heathen is the true God, Isaiah 41:7. Also see Isaiah 41:23. The test proposed is a simple one! Which can most precisely predict the future? Not, as in Elijah's case, is the appeal made to fire, but to the fitting of prophecy with historical fulfillment. See Isaiah 41:22-23.
While this great arbitration is in process, God turns with tender assurances to His own people. They were at this time captives in Babylon. They were poor and needy. They were surrounded by strong and crafty foes, against whom they were as powerless as a worm. But no height, however precipitous, or depth, however profound, could separate them from His love. Heart and flesh might fail, but He would strengthen; difficulties might appear insurmountable, but He would help. He does more. He takes His people, weak as worms, and makes them, if they but yield to Him, sharp threshing instruments having teeth before which the powers of evil become as chaff. O man, listen to God saying, I will make. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 41

1  God expostulates with his people, about his mercies to the church
10  About his promises
21  And about the vanity of idols

What do the individual words in Isaiah 41:11 mean?

Behold shall be ashamed and disgraced all those who were incensed against you they shall be as nothing and shall perish those who strive with you
הֵ֤ן יֵבֹ֙שׁוּ֙ וְיִכָּ֣לְמ֔וּ כֹּ֖ל הַנֶּחֱרִ֣ים בָּ֑ךְ יִֽהְי֥וּ כְאַ֛יִן וְיֹאבְד֖וּ אַנְשֵׁ֥י רִיבֶֽךָ

הֵ֤ן  Behold 
Parse: Interjection
Root: הֵן  
Sense: behold, lo, though hypothetical part.
יֵבֹ֙שׁוּ֙  shall  be  ashamed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: בֹּושׁ 
Sense: to put to shame, be ashamed, be disconcerted, be disappointed.
וְיִכָּ֣לְמ֔וּ  and  disgraced 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: כָּלַם  
Sense: to insult, shame, humiliate, blush, be ashamed, be put to shame, be reproached, be put to confusion, be humiliated.
הַנֶּחֱרִ֣ים  those  who  were  incensed 
Parse: Article, Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: חָרָה  
Sense: to be hot, furious, burn, become angry, be kindled.
בָּ֑ךְ  against  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
יִֽהְי֥וּ  they  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
כְאַ֛יִן  as  nothing 
Parse: Preposition-k, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
וְיֹאבְד֖וּ  and  shall  perish 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָבַד  
Sense: perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed.
אַנְשֵׁ֥י  those  who 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
רִיבֶֽךָ  strive  with  you 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: רִיב 
Sense: strife, controversy, dispute.