Hebrews 12:12 (WEB)

Passage

Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees, Isaiah 35:3

Nearby Context

Hebrews 12:10 For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

Hebrews 12:11 All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

Hebrews 12:12 Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees, Isaiah 35:3

Hebrews 12:13 and make straight paths for your feet,Proverbs 4:26 so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

Hebrews 12:14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "lift", "hands", "hang", "down", "feeble", "knees", and "isaiah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "lift", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "All chastening seems for the present to..." into verse 13's "and make straight paths for your feet...", so "therefore" and "lift" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

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