New English Translation
Isaiah 12:3
3Joyfully you will draw water from the springs of deliverance.
Isaiah 12:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
- New International Version (NIV)With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
- English Standard Version (ESV)With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore with joy you will draw water From the wells of salvation.
Context of Isaiah 12:3
1At that time you will say: “I praise you, O Lord, for even though you were angry with me, your anger subsided, and you consoled me. 2Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.” Joyfully you will draw water from the springs of deliverance. 4At that time you will say: “Praise the Lord! Ask him for help! Publicize his mighty acts among the nations! Make it known that he is unique! 5Sing to the Lord, for he has done magnificent things, let this be known throughout the earth!
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וּשְׁאַבְתֶּם־מַ֖יִם בְּשָׂשׂ֑וֹן מִמַּעַיְנֵ֖י הַיְשׁוּעָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 12:3
- Isaiah 49:10They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun’s oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water.
- Isaiah 55:1“Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
- Psalms 36:9For you are the one who gives and sustains life.
- Jeremiah 2:13“Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water.”
- John 1:16For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.
- John 4:10Jesus answered her, “If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you, ‘Give me some water to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
- John 7:37On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and
- Revelation 7:17because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
- Revelation 22:1Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life – water as clear as crystal – pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Commentaries on Isaiah 12:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Therefore - In view of all his mercies, the Hebrew is, however; simply, ” and” ye shall draw.‘ It has already been intimated that the Jews applied this passage to the Holy Spirit: and that probably on this they based their custom of drawing water from the fountain of Siloam at the feast of the dedication (note, John 7:37). The fountain of Siloam was in the eastern part of the city, and the water was borne from that fountain in a golden cup, and was…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3God's salvation is like a deep, endless source of water that gives life (see also Isaiah 41:18; Psalm 87:7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. draw water ... salvation--an expressive image in a hot country. On the last day of the feast of tabernacles the Jews used to bring water in a golden pitcher from the fountain of Siloam, and pour it, mingled with wine, on the sacrifice on the altar, with great rejoicing. This is the allusion in Jesus' words on "the last day of the feast" (Joh 7:2, 37-39). The pouring out of water indicated repentance (1Sa 7:6; compare, as to the Jews' repentance…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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