Isaiah 12 (GNV)

Chapter Text

12:1 And thou shalt say in that day, O Lord, I will prayse thee: though thou wast angrie with me, thy wrath is turned away, and thou comfortest me.

12:2 Beholde, God is my saluation: I will trust, and will not feare: for ye Lord God is my strength and song: he also is become my saluation.

12:3 Therefore with ioy shall ye drawe waters out of the welles of saluation.

12:4 And ye shall say in that day, Prayse the Lord: call vpon his Name: declare his workes among the people: make mention of them, for his Name is exalted.

12:5 Sing vnto the Lord, for he hath done excellent things: this is knowen in all the worlde.

12:6 Cry out, and shoute, O inhabitant of Zion: for great is ye holy one of Israel in the middes of thee.

Study Lenses

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

The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "world" and "thou" 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 "world" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.