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Isaiah 12:1
In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The people of Judah speak to Yahweh in a future day of deliverance, after a period of divine anger has ended in comfort.
The words — אָנַפְתָּ (a.naf.ta, "you were angry") uses a root denoting a sudden, fierce surge of anger; יָשׁוּב (ya.Sho, "let it turn back") is a Qal imperative for the anger itself departing, not merely being suppressed.
The thread — The same arc—anger for a moment, then enduring favor—appears in Psalms 30:5 and Isaiah 54:8, while Isaiah 25:1 pairs the praise with the recognition that God's work was planned long before the crisis.
Why it lands — The verse does not ask the reader to feel comfort; it asks them to name the shift that has already occurred, to say out loud that the anger was real and that it has turned.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Psalms 30:5 For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
- Isaiah 25:1 O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders—plans formed long ago—in perfect faithfulness.
- Isaiah 54:8 In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
- Zechariah 14:9 On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
- Isaiah 40:1 “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
- Hosea 6:1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
- Isaiah 14:3 On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,
- Isaiah 27:1 In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
- Isaiah 35:10 So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- Isaiah 51:3 For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.