Isaiah Institute Translation
Isaiah 12
- a2 Hebrew ᵓel ᵓēl; so 1QIsaa. MT ’el.
- b2 Hebrew zimrat ya emended to zimrati.
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And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. | 1 | In that day you will say,I praise you, O Jehovah.Although you have been angry with me,your anger is turned awayand you have consoled me. | וְאָמַרְתָּ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אוֹדְךָ יְהוָה כִּי אָנַפְתָּ בִּי יָשֹׁב אַפְּךָ וּתְנַחֲמֵנִי ׃ |
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. | 2 | Ina the God of my salvation I will trust without fear;for Jehovah was my strength and bmy songbwhen he became my salvation. | הִנֵּה אֵל יְשׁוּעָתִי אֶבְטַח וְלֹא אֶפְחָד כִּי־עָזִּי וְזִמְרָת יָהּ יְהוָה וַיְהִי־לִי לִישׁוּעָה ׃ |
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. | 3 | Then shall you rejoice in drawing waterfrom the fountains of salvation. | וּשְׁאַבְתֶּם־מַיִם בְּשָׂשׂוֹן מִמַּעַיְנֵי הַיְשׁוּעָה ׃ |
And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. | 4 | In that day you will say,Give thanks to Jehovah; invoke his name.Make known his deeds among the nations;commemorate his exalted name. | וַאֲמַרְתֶּם בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה קִרְאוּ בִשְׁמוֹ הוֹדִיעוּ בָעַמִּים עֲלִילֹתָיו הַזְכִּירוּ כִּי נִשְׂגָּב שְׁמוֹ ׃ |
Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. | 5 | Sing in praise of Jehovah,who has performed wonders;let it be acknowledged throughout the earth! | זַמְּרוּ יְהוָה כִּי גֵאוּת עָשָׂה מיּדַעַת (מוּדַעַת) זֹאת בְּכָל־הָאָרֶץ ׃ |
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. | 6 | Shout and sing for joy, O inhabitants of Zion,for renowned among you is the Holy One of Israel. | צַהֲלִי וָרֹנִּי יוֹשֶׁבֶת צִיּוֹן כִּי־גָדוֹל בְּקִרְבֵּךְ קְדוֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל ׃ |
וַיְהִי בִּימֵי אָחָז בֶּן־יוֹתָם בֶּן־עֻזִּיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה עָלָה רְצִין מֶלֶךְ־אֲרָם וּפֶקַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָהוּ מֶלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל יְרוּשָׁלִַם לַמִּלְחָמָה עָלֶיהָ וְלֹא יָכֹל לְהִלָּחֵם עָלֶיהָ ׃ | |
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And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. |
When Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not overpower it. |
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Two generations of kings from the time Isaiah receives his prophetic commission, an expansionist Assyria threatens to invade the kingdom of Aram (Syria), the ten-tribed Northern Kingdom of Israel, and the Southern Kingdom of Judah and to annex them into its empire. When King Ahaz of Judah refuses to join Aram and Israel in an alliance to resist Assyria, they invade the Southern Kingdom to overthrow Ahaz and put a puppet ruler on his throne who will join their coalition. Ahaz, moreover, becomes an important type in the Book of Isaiah of an end-time ruler who proves disloyal to Israel’s God. |
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Apocalyptic Commentary
Isaiah 12
In the act of destroying the wicked in his Day of Judgment, Jehovah delivers the righteous. Like the Songs of Salvation Moses and the Israelites sang after their exodus out of Egypt (Exodus 15:1-21), two Songs of Salvation—one individual (vv 1-3), the other collective (vv 4-6)—follow the exodus of Jehovah’s people to Zion. At such times, spontaneous praise erupts from the hearts of those whom Jehovah saves. Though they may feel his anger for a season because of their transgressions—as he allows the king of Assyria/Babylon to subject them—when they repent Jehovah turns his anger away.
To trust in Jehovah “without fear” even when the odds of deliverance appear hopeless (Isaiah 35:3-4) forms a divine principle that separates those saved from those destroyed: “In that day you will say, ‘This is our God, whom we expected would save us. This is Jehovah for whom we have waited; let us joyfully celebrate his salvation!’” (Isaiah 25:9; emphasis added). As Jehovah personifies his people’s salvation, and as he embodies the living waters that regenerate them (Jeremiah 17:13-14; John 4:10-14), his people’s songs of faith when times are hard turn into songs of joy when salvation happens.
In a twin Song of Salvation, the remnant of Jehovah’s people that returns from exile (Isaiah 11:10-16) praises Jehovah at his marvelous deliverance. Just as the fame of Israel’s God spread among the nations when he delivered his people from bondage in Egypt and brought them to the Promised Land (Joshua 9:9), so his fame spreads among the peoples who didn’t participate in the exodus to Zion but who survive Jehovah’s Day of Judgment: “O Jehovah, you are my God; I will extol you by praising your name. For with perfect faithfulness you have performed wonders, things planned of old” (Isaiah 25:1).
After the trial of their faith, Jehovah’s holy ones rejoice at the presence of Jehovah, Israel’s Holy One, when he dwells with them in Zion. For those who repent of transgression, who return to Zion in an exodus out of a world self-destructing, sorrow turns to joy: “Let the ransomed of Jehovah return! Let them come singing to Zion, their heads crowned with everlasting joy; let them obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing flee away” (Isaiah 51:11). Indeed, joy and rejoicing most characterize Jehovah’s millennial reign (Isaiah 9:3; 29:19; 30:29; 51:3; 60:15; 61:7, 10; 65:13, 18-19; 66:10-14).