Isaiah 12 (DRB)

Chapter Text

12:1 And thou shalt say in that day: I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, for thou wast angry with me: thy wrath is turned away, and thou hast comforted me.

12:2 Behold, God is my saviour, I will deal confidently, and will not fear: because the Lord is my strength, and my praise, and he is become my salvation.

12:3 Thou shall draw waters with joy out of the saviour's fountains:

12:4 And you shall say in that day: Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name: make his works known among the people: remember that his name is high.

12:5 Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath done great things: shew this forth in all the earth.

12:6 Rejoice, and praise, O thou habitation of Sion: for great is he that is in the midst of thee, the Holy One of Israel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "shalt", "give", "thanks", "thee", "lord", and "wast". 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 DRB 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.