Isaiah 55:12 (GNV)

Passage

Therefore ye shall go out with ioy, and be led forth with peace: the mountaines and the hilles shall breake foorth before you into ioye, and all the trees of the fielde shall clap their handes.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 55:10 Surely as the raine commeth downe and the snow from heauen, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth and maketh it to bring forth and bud, that it may giue seede to the sower, and bread vnto him that eateth,

Isaiah 55:11 So shall my worde be, that goeth out of my mouth: it shall not returne vnto me voyde, but it shall accomplish that which I will, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Isaiah 55:12 Therefore ye shall go out with ioy, and be led forth with peace: the mountaines and the hilles shall breake foorth before you into ioye, and all the trees of the fielde shall clap their handes.

Isaiah 55:13 For thornes there shall grow firre trees: for nettles shall growe the myrrhe tree, and it shalbe to the Lord for a name, and for an euerlasting signe that shall not be taken away.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "shall", "forth", "peace", "mountaines", "hilles", and "breake". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "So shall my worde be that goeth..." into verse 13's "For thornes there shall grow firre trees...", so "therefore" and "shall" 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 "therefore" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.