Isaiah 12:1

At that time, you people of Jerusalem will sing this song: “Yahweh, we praise you! Previously, you were angry with us, but you are not angry now and you have comforted us.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Amazingly, you have come to save us, so we will trust in you and not be afraid. Yahweh our God, you enable us to be strong; you are the one about whom we sing; you have rescued us from our enemies.”

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Cross References

Nehemiah 8:10Then I said to them, “Now go home and enjoy some good food and drink some sweet wine. And send some of it to people who do not have anything to eat or drink. This is a day that Yahweh considers sacred. Do not be sad! Yahweh will cause you to be joyful and make you strong.”

Psalms 30:5When he becomes angry, he is angry for only a very short time [HYP], but he is good to us all of our life. We may cry during the night, but the next morning we will be joyful.

Psalms 67:1God, be merciful to us and bless us; be kind to us [IDM], (Think about that!)

Psalms 72:15I hope/desire that our kings will live a long time! I hope/desire that they will be given gold from Sheba. I desire that people will always pray for our kings and praise them all the time, every day.

Psalms 85:4Now, God, the one who saves/rescues us, ◄restore us/make us prosperous again► and stop being angry with us!

Psalms 149:6They [MTY] should shout loudly to praise God; but they should also hold sharp swords in their hands,

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 12:1

The salvation promised in the foregoing chapter was compared to that of Israel "in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt;" so that chapter ends. Now as Moses and the children of Israel then sang a song of praise to the glory of God ( Exod. xv. 1 ) so shall the people of God do in that day when the root of Jesse shall stand for an ensign of the people and shall be the desire and joy of all nations. In that day, I. Every particular believer shall sing a song of praise for his own interest in that… Read the whole commentary →

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