Israel · Restoration — the song for that day
Isaiah 12:1-6
Isaiah · ~715 BC · Status: Future · Confidence: 60% · Payne §Isa 46
“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. 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.”
King James Version · the opening — all 6 verses are below
Isaiah writes the worship service in advance: 'In that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee… with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.' A pre-composed hymn for a future deliverance — Israel still sings it at the close of every Sabbath (Havdalah), and 'salvation' here is the Hebrew yeshuah.
Read the whole passage — all 6 verses (KJV)
12:1And 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.
12:2Behold, 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.
12:3Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
12:4And 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.
12:5Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.
12:6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
Fulfillment References
John 4:13-14 John 7:37-39 Revelation 22:17
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal'With joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of yeshuah' — the name inside the song is Jesus' own; He stood up at the water-drawing feast and claimed it: 'If any man thirst, let him come unto me' (Jn. 7:37).
JewishSung weekly at Havdalah and at the Sukkot water-drawing joy (simchat beit ha-sho'evah) — a prophecy kept warm by three millennia of liturgy.
CatholicThe wells of salvation are read baptismally from the Fathers onward — grace drawn with joy.
ProtestantA prophecy in the form of a hymn: Scripture anticipates fulfilled worship, then the Gospels record Jesus claiming the imagery at the very feast that sang it.
AcademicIsaiah 12 closes the book's first movement as a doxological seal; the Sukkot water-libation context of John 7 is the standard background in Johannine scholarship.
Scholarship & Sources
The simchat beit ha-sho'evah background of John 7:37 is treated in every major John commentary (Brown, AB; Keener); m. Sukkah 5 describes the water-drawing joy.
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