Isaiah 12

Isaiah 12
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The Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran from the second century BC, contains all the verses in this chapter.
Book	Book of Isaiah
Bible part	Old Testament
Order in the Bible part	23
Category	Nevi'im

Isaiah 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.^[1][2] This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Isaiah, and is a part of the Book of the Prophets.^[3][4]

Text

• The original text is written in Hebrew language.
• This chapter is divided into 6 verses.

Textual versions

Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:

• Masoretic Text (10th century)
• Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)^[5][6]
  • 1QIsa^a: complete^[5]
  • 1QIsa^b: extant: verses 3‑4, 6^[5]
  • 4QIsa^a (4Q55): extant: verses 4‑6^[5]
  • 4QIsa^b (4Q56): extant: verses 2^[5]
  • 4QIsa^c (4Q57): extant: verses 1^[5]
  • 4QIsa^l (4Q65): extant: verses 1‑4, 6^[5]

Ancient translations in Koine Greek:

• Septuagint (3rd century BC)
• Theodotion version (~AD 180)

Structure

This chapter can be grouped into:

• Isaiah 12:1-3 = First Hymn of Praise
• Isaiah 12:4-6 = Second Hymn of Praise

Verse 2

Behold, God is my salvation,

I will trust and not be afraid;

‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song;

He also has become my salvation.’^[7]

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

הנה אל ישועתי אבטח ולא אפחד כי־עזי וזמרת יה יהוה ויהי־לי לישועה׃

Transliteration:

hi·neh EL ye·shu·'a·ti eb·takh we·lo eph·khad

ki-a·zi we·zim·rat YAH YHWH way·hi-li li·shu·'ah.

Cross reference: Exodus 15:2 Psalm 118:14

• The phrase "my strength and song" imitates the praise of Moses and Miryam after Crossing the Red Sea (Exodus 15).^[8]
• "Yah, the Lord" (יה יהוה, Y(a)H Y(e)H(o)W(a)H) the repetition of God's holy name emphasizes that the salvation of Israel does not come from other nations but only from God, who always keeps His covenant with the people of Israel.^[9]
• "Salvation" (ישוע yeshua; same as the Hebrew spelling of "Jesus") is mentioned two times; in the original Hebrew with Jesus as the embodiment and personification of the word "Salvation", it can be read:

Behold, might (or, God the mighty One) is my YESHUA (Jesus-in His pre-incarnation and eternal existence); I will trust and not be afraid:, for JAH-JAHOVAH is my strength and my song; He also is become my YESHUA (Jesus).^[10]

• "trust, and not be afraid"; "trust" in Christ for salvation, be confident of enjoying it, and not be "afraid" of sin, Satan, the world, death, hell, and wrath to come. The Targum joins this and the preceding clause together,

"behold, in the word of God my salvation I trust, and shall not be moved:^[11]

See also

Crossing the Red Sea Hallel Song of the sea YHWH Zion

• Related Bible parts: Exodus 15, Psalm 34, Psalm 118, Psalm 145

Notes and references

1. Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
2. Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
3. J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of The Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.
4. Therodore Hiebert, et.al. 1996. The New Intrepreter's Bible: Volume: VII. Nashville: Abingdon.
5. Dead sea scrolls - Isaiah
6. Timothy A. J. Jull; Douglas J. Donahue; Magen Broshi; Emanuel Toy (1995). "Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert". Radiocarbon. 37 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
7. Isaiah 12:2
8. Barnes, Albert. Notes on the Old Testament. London, Blackie & Son, 1884. Reprint, Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998.
9. The Nelson Study Bible. Thomas Nelson, Inc. 1997
10. Yeshua In The Tanakh The Name of JESUS in the Old Testament, Arthur E. Glass, Messianic Literature Outreach.
11. Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

External links

Jewish

• Isaiah 12:Original Hebrew with Parallel English

Christian

• Isaiah 12 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate