Isaiah 12 · Verse 2

Isaiah 12:2

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.
Isaiah 12:2, King James Version

Isaiah 12:2 in other translations

BSBSurely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
WEBBehold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD, the LORD, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
ASVBehold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid: for Jehovah, even Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.
YLTLo, God is my salvation, I trust, and fear not, For my strength and song is Jah Jehovah, And He is to me for salvation.
DARBYBehold,God is my salvation: I will trust, and not be afraid; for Jah, Jehovah, is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation.
BBESee, God is my salvation; I will have faith in the Lord, without fear: for the Lord Jah is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.
WebsterBehold, 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.

What does Isaiah 12:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Is 12:1-6. Thanksgiving Hymn of the Restored and Converted Jews.

Just as Miriam, after the deliverance of the Red Sea (Is 11:16), celebrated it with an ode of praise (Ex 15:1-19). 2. Lord Jehovah--Jah, Jehovah. The repetition of the name denotes emphasis, and the unchangeableness of God's character. strength ... song ... salvation--derived from Ex 15:2; Psa 118:14. The idea of salvation was peculiarly associated with the feast of tabernacles (see Is 12:3). Hence the cry "Hosanna," "Save, we beseech thee," that accompanied Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem on that day (the fifteenth of the seventh month) (Mt 21:9; compare with Psa 118:25, 26); the earnest of the perfected "salvation" which He shall bring to His people at His glorious second appearance at Jerusalem (He 9:28). "He shall appear the second time without sin unto salvation." Compare Re 21:3, "The tabernacle of God is with men." Compare Lu 9:33, "three tabernacles: one for thee," &c. (the transfiguration being a pledge of the future kingdom), (Psa 118:15; Zec 14:16). As the Jew was reminded by the feast of tabernacles of his wanderings in tents in the wilderness, so the Jew-Gentile Church to come shall call to mind, with thanksgiving, the various past ways whereby God has at last brought them to the heavenly "city of habitation" (Psa 107:7).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 The Lord Jehovah - The word יה Yah read here is probably a mistake; and arose originally from the custom of the Jewish scribes, who, when they found a line too short for the word, wrote as many letters as filled it, and then began the next line with the whole word. In writing the word יהוה Jehovah, the line might terminate with יה Yah, the two first letters; and then at the beginning of the next line the whole word יהוה Yehovah would be written. This might give rise to יה יהוה Yah Yehovah. The Yah is wanting here in two of Dr. Kennicott's MSS., in one ancient MS. of my own, and in the Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic. See Houbigant and De Rossi. My song - The pronoun is here necessary; and it is added by the Septuagint, Vulgate, and Syriac, who read זמרתי zimrathi, as it is in a MS. Two MSS. omit יה Yah, see Houbigant, not. in loc. Another MS. has it in one word, זמרתיה zimrathyah. Seven others omit יהוה Yehovah. See Exo 15:2, with Var. Lect. Kennicott.

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Isaiah 12:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הִנֵּ֨הhi.Nehhere!H2009
אֵ֧ל'elGodH410
יְשׁוּעָתִ֛יye.shu.'a.Ti[is] salvation myH3444
אֶבְטַ֖ח'ev.TachI will trustH982
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
אֶפְחָ֑ד'ef.ChadI will be in dreadH6342
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
עָזִּ֤י'a.Zi[is] might myH5797
וְזִמְרָת֙ve.zim.Ratand strengthH2176
יָ֣הּyahYahwehH3050
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַֽיְהִי\־vay.hi-and he has becomeH1961
לִ֖יliof me
לִֽישׁוּעָֽה\׃Li.shu.'Ah<into> salvationH3444

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 12:2

  • Exodus 15:2

    The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

  • Psalms 118:14

    The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.

  • Psalms 27:1

    A Psalm of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

  • Revelation 7:10

    And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

  • Isaiah 26:3-4

    Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:

  • Jonah 2:9

    But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.

  • Isaiah 45:17

    But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

  • Isaiah 45:22-25

    Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

  • Matthew 1:21-23

    And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

  • Luke 2:30-32

    For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

  • 1 Timothy 3:16

    And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

  • Hosea 1:7

    But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
God.
7:14; 9:6,7; 45:17,22-25; Ps 27:1; Jer 3:23; 23:6; Jon 2:9
Mt 1:21-23; Lu 2:30-32; Ro 1:16; 1Ti 3:16; Re 7:10
the Lord.
26:4; Ex 15:2; Ps 83:18; 118:14; Ho 1:7

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Context

  • Isaiah 12:1

    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.

  • Isaiah 12:2

    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.

  • Isaiah 12:3

    Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

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Isaiah 12:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		He aquí Dios es salud mía; aseguraréme, y no temeré; porque mi fortaleza y mi canción es JAH Jehová, el cual ha sido salud para mí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Voici, ✶Dieu est mon salut; j’aurai confiance, et je ne craindrai pas; car Jah, Jéhovah, est ma force et mon cantique, et il a été mon salut.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Siehe, Gott ist mein Heil, ich vertraue, und fürchte mich nicht; denn Jah, Jehova, ist meine Stärke und mein Gesang, und er ist mir zum Heil geworden. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ecce Deus salvator meus; fiducialiter agam, et non timebo: quia fortitudo mea et laus mea Dominus, et factus est mihi in salutem.