en_tn_condensed/isa/41/01.md

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# Listen before me in silence
Here "me" refers to God.
# you coastlands
This refers to the people who live on the islands and in the lands bordering or beyond the Mediterranean Sea. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe]])
# renew their strength
See how you translated this phrase in [Isaiah 40:31](../40/31.md).
# let them come near and speak; let us come near together to argue a dispute
These two phrases share similar meanings. The second explains the reason for the first. Alternate translation: "then let them come near so they may speak and reason with me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])