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Nazarene Commentary 2000©

21^st Century Paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures© –
21^st Century Version of the Christian Scriptures© [NCMM]

THE PROPHET ISAIAH

CHAPTER TWELVE:
GOD IS MY SALVATION!

Isaiah 12:1-6 – Rejoice in Salvation

IS12:1 And so, in that day, you will surely say: “I thank You, 499 O Y^eH^oW^aH! Despite Your anger toward me, 500 Your rage has stopped. 501 Now You comfort me. 502

499	I thank You: Or, praise you, bless you. Likely Isaiah speaks as the remnant of corporate Israel. It is godly that prayers begin with thanksgiving.

500	Despite Your anger toward me: Or, JPS: although You were wroth with me; RHM: angry with me.

501	Your rage has stopped: Or, LXX: turned aside your wrath; NJB: your anger is now appeased; JPS: your wrath has turned back. [Isaiah 40:2]

502	Now You comfort me: Or, LXX: pitied me. See 2 Corinthians chapter 1 for the most occurrences of “comfort” in the Christian Scriptures. [Deuteronomy 30:3; Psalm 30:5; 85:1; Isaiah 66:13; Hosea 6:1]

IS12:2 Look! God 503 is my salvation! 504 I will trust and not be afraid! 505 For surely my strength and my power 506 is Y^aH 507 Y^eHW^aH, 508 and He has become my salvation!”

503	God: The LXX Greek is HO THEOS [The God] as it appears most often in the Christian Scriptures.

504	Salvation: Or, LXX: Savior. The word “salvation” occurs about 250 times in the Bible, most often in the Psalms with 80 occurrences, and 30 in Isaiah. Jesus only uses the word twice.

505	I will trust and not be afraid: Or, NJB: I shall have faith; RHM: not dread; JPS: I am confident, unafraid. [Isaiah 26:4]

506	My strength and my power: Or, KJV: and my song; JPS: might [footnote: song]; RHM: melody; NJB: my song; LXX: my glory and my praise.

507	YaH: Or, NJB: Yahweh; RHM: Yah Yahweh; JPS: Yah the LORD; KJV: LORD JEHOVAH. A shortened form of Jehovah [Jah] seen in Hallelujah, and used most often in contexts of martial salvation.

508	YeHWaH: Or, Jehovah, Yahweh. The Masorete vowel pointing is Yehwah as it is at Genesis 2:4.

IS12:3 And so you will draw water from the fountain of salvation 509 with rejoicing.

509	Draw water from the fountain of salvation: Or, KJV: wells; JPS: fountains of triumph; NJB: joyfully you will draw water; LXX: water with joy out of the wells of salvation. [Jeremiah 2:13; Revelation 7:17; 22:17] Compare John 4:1-24.

IS12:4 In that day you will say: “Thank Y^eH^oW^aH. 510 Call upon His Name. 511 Declare among the peoples His deeds. 512 Remind them His Name is to be exalted. 513

510	Thank YeHoWaH: Or, praise, sing.

511	Call upon His name: Or, LXX: call aloud upon his name. The importance of God’s Name [Jehovah, Yahweh, Yehowah] cannot be stressed to much. Just a search of the word “name” will reveal considerable information on the subject. [1 Chronicles 16:8; Psalm 105:1; Romans 10:13] See notes on Malachi 3:16.

512	Declare among the peoples His deeds: Or, LXX: make mention; NJB: proclaim his deeds to the people; RHM: make known; JPS: make his deeds known. Faith, by its nature, causes one to speak. [2 Corinthians 4:13]

513	Remind them His name is to be exalted: Or, RHM: bring to remembrance; NJB: declare his name sublime. Jeremiah predicts that God’s servants would cause His people to “forget His name” replaced by “Lord.” [Jeremiah 23:27] This has been fulfilled first with the Jews and later the apostate Christians.

IS12:5 Thank Y^eH^oW^aH in song. 514 For He has accomplished a marvelous thing, 515 and this is well known throughout the land.”

514	Thank YeHoWaH in song: Or, JPS: hymn the LORD; RHM: praise in son Yahweh. The theme of hymns is to be Jehovah. Songs and music figured greatly in the worship of the Hebrews and Jews. It is virtually lacking in the Gospels.

515	He has accomplished a marvelous thing: Or, LXX: great things; NJB: his works are majestic; RHM: splendid thing; JPS: done gloriously.

IS12:6 O, shout with joy 516 and sing it out, you citizens of Zion, 517 that the Holy One of Israel is great in your midst.

516	Shout with joy: Or, NJB: cry and shout; RHM: make shrill thy voice and sing out.

517	Citizens of Zion: Or, inhabitress.