Isaiah 12:2-6

2 "Behold, ¹God is my salvation, I will ²trust and not be afraid; For ³the LORD GOD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation."

3 Therefore you will joyously ⁴draw water From the ⁵springs of salvation.

4 And in that day you will ⁶say, "⁷Give thanks to the LORD, call on His name. ⁸Make known His deeds among the peoples; Make them remember that His name is exalted."

5 ⁹Praise the LORD in song, for He has done excellent things; Let this be known throughout the earth.

6 ¹⁰Cry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, For ¹¹great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

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Isaiah 12:2-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 12

This chapter contains a song of praise and thanksgiving for redemption and salvation by Christ, of which the preceding chapter Isa 11:1-16 is a famous prophecy. It begins with an account of the church's former uncomfortable and now comfortable state and condition, Isa 12:1 the foundation of whose comfort was Christ her salvation and strength, and so her song, which engaged her trust, and dispelled her fears, Isa 12:2 hence encouragement to others to apply to the fulness of Christ for grace, and fresh supplies of it, to be had with joy, Isa 12:3 and then follow certain mutual exhortations to praise, exalt, and glorify Christ, with reasons enforcing them, Isa 12:4-6.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

1. Isaiah 32:2; Isaiah 45:17; Isaiah 62:11
2. Isaiah 26:3
3. Exodus 15:2; Psalms 118:14
4. John 4:10; John 7:37, 38
5. Isaiah 41:18; Jeremiah 2:13
6. Isaiah 24:15; Isaiah 42:12; Isaiah 48:20
7. Psalms 105:1
8. Psalms 145:4
9. Exodus 15:1; Psalms 98:1; Isaiah 24:14; Isaiah 42:10, 11; Isaiah 44:23
10. Isaiah 52:9; Isaiah 54:1; Zephaniah 3:14
11. Isaiah 1:24; Isaiah 49:26; Isaiah 60:16; Zephaniah 3:15-17; Zech 2:5, 10, 11

Footnotes 2

[a]. Or "Proclaim" to them "that"
[b]. Or "gloriously"