Isaiah 12 (LSB)

Chapter Text

12:1 Then you will say in that day, “I will give thanks to You, O Yahweh; For although You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, And You comfort me.

12:2 Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not dread; For Yah—Yahweh Himself—is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”

12:3 Therefore you will joyously draw water From the springs of salvation.

12:4 And in that day you will say, “Give thanks to Yahweh, call on His name. Make known His deeds among the peoples; Make them remember that His name is exalted.”

12:5 Praise Yahweh in song, for He has done majestic things; Let this be known throughout the earth.

12:6 Cry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "give", "thanks", "yahweh", "although", "angry", "anger", "turned", and "away". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "give" and "thanks", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

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