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Isaiah 12:2 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 12 · verse 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
What Isaiah 12:2 means
Trust and fear are put side by side as a choice: I will trust, and not be afraid. Strength and song is an unusual pair — one gets you through it, the other is what you do while it happens. And is become means something changed; this is said looking back.
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Isaiah 12:2 in context
1And 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.
2Behold, 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.
3Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
4And 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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- salvationyᵉshûwʻâhsomething savedH3444 →
- strengthʻôzstrength in various applicationsH5797 →
- JEHOVAHYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- afraidpâchadto be startledH6342 →
- trustbâṭachfiguratively, to trust, be confident or sureH982 →
- LORDYâhhJah, the sacred nameH3050 →
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This is the former part of the hymn of praise which is prepared for the use of the church, of the Jewish church when God would work great deliverances for them, and of the Christian church when the kingdom of the Messiah should be set up in the world in despite of the opposition of the powers of darkness: In that day…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3