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Verses 1-6, “And in that day you will say: ‘O Lord, I will praise You; Though You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me. 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.” Therefore with joy you will draw water From the wells of salvation. And in that day you will say: ‘Praise the Lord, call upon His name; Declare His deeds among the peoples, Make mention that His name is exalted. Sing to the Lord, For He has done excellent things; This is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!’ ”

Even though God was angry and punished the Jews, He still should be praised because He is righteous and His anger was just. If you fail to take responsibility for your own sinfulness, you cannot see the wrong you do, and may even get angry at God for allowing such things to happen to you. Instead of asking, “why me”, the better question is, “why not me?”  We deserve much worse than we receive, and it's only by God's infinite mercy and grace that we can stand. Besides, the time of His chastening is only for a short while, whereas His favor is everlasting. Psalms 30:5, “For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is  for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.”  Like a loving parent, He is there to comfort us on the other side of the discipline, willing to forgive.

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  1. SusanJune 12, 2017 at 8:34 AM

    And in that day you will say: “O Lord , I will praise You; Though You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me. 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.’ ” Therefore with joy you will draw water From the wells of salvation. And in that day you will say: “Praise the Lord , call upon His name; Declare His deeds among the peoples, Make mention that His name is exalted. Sing to the Lord , For He has done excellent things; This is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!” Isaiah 12:1‭-‬6

    This is about praising our savior the king, when He is reining over all the earth. Even though we have sinned and done many things against the Lord. His anger is turned away because all our sins were forgiven on the cross. For those who are saved, we get to rule and reign with our King here on earth. All our sins are forgotten and we to praise the Lord. Even though this all might sound great, we will have end our walk until we die or He comes back. We do not get to reign with Christ for nothing. We will have to suffer for Him until the end and it will hard. It is not an easy thing, if it was everyone would enter the Kingdom of Heaven. If we do go till the end we will get spend eternity with our King.

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