Isaiah 26:12 (ASV)

Passage

Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou hast also wrought all our works for us.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 26:10 Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of Jehovah.

Isaiah 26:11 Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see [thy] zeal for the people, and be put to shame; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.

Isaiah 26:12 Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou hast also wrought all our works for us.

Isaiah 26:13 O Jehovah our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

Isaiah 26:14 [They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "thou", "wilt", "ordain", "peace", "hast", and "wrought". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Jehovah thy hand is lifted up yet..." into verse 13's "O Jehovah our God other lords besides...", so "jehovah" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

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