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Isaiah 12:4

and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Isaiah addresses the people of Israel at a future day of salvation, within a communal song of thanksgiving (Isaiah 12:2–5). The moment follows the drawing of water from the springs of salvation (Isaiah 12:3).

The words — הוֹדִיעוּ (hodi'u, "make known") is the hinge verb; its root (H3045) carries the sense of declaring, making manifest, not merely informing.

The thread — Psalms 105:1 repeats the same three-imperative structure: give thanks, call upon His name, make known His deeds among the nations.

Why it lands — The verse moves gratitude outward: it is not private thankfulness but a demand to declare God's name among the peoples, making the reader a public witness rather than a private beneficiary.

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The Hebrew words

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֞םva./'a.mar.Temand/ you will sayבַּיּ֣וֹםba/i.Yomin the/ dayהַה֗וּאha./Hu'<the>/ thatהוֹד֤וּho.Dugive thanksלַֽיהוָה֙la./Yah.wehto/ Yahwehקִרְא֣וּkir.'Ucallבִשְׁמ֔וֹvi/sh.M/oon/ name/ hisהוֹדִ֥יעוּho.Di.'umake knownבָֽעַמִּ֖יםva./'a.Mimamong the/ peoplesעֲלִֽילֹתָ֑יו'a.li.lo.Ta/vdeeds/ hisהַזְכִּ֕ירוּhaz.Ki.rubring to remembranceכִּ֥יkithatנִשְׂגָּ֖בnis.Gav[is] exaltedשְׁמֽוֹ׃she.M/oname/ his

King James Version

And 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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