Isaiah 12 (ASV)

Chapter Text

12:1 And in that day thou shalt say, I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah; for though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away and thou comfortest me.

12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.

12:3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

12:4 And in that day shall ye say, Give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name, declare his doings among the peoples, make mention that his name is exalted.

12:5 Sing unto Jehovah; for he hath done excellent things: let this be known in all the earth.

12:6 Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "shalt", "give", "thanks", "thee", "jehovah", and "though". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "shalt", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local ASV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "thou" and "shalt" carries the first interpretive weight. In The Suffering Servant Bears Iniquity, the local focus is the servant of the LORD, atonement, and judgment and restoration.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "shalt" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.