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Isaiah 42:12

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Isaiah 42:12 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Let them give glory unto Jehovah, and declare his praise in the islands.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Let them give glory unto Jehovah, and declare his praise in the islands.
Isaiah 42:12 — American Standard Version

Context — Isaiah 42

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
9Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.
10Sing unto Jehovah a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth; ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
11Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12Let them give glory unto Jehovah, and declare his praise in the islands.
13Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man; he will stir up [his] zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies.
14I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: [now] will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.
15I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Let them give glory unto the Lord, &c.] For all the great and good things he has done for them, in sending his Gospel to them, calling them by his grace, enlightening their minds, and revealing his Son in them, and making them partakers of the blessings of his grace, and entitling them to eternal glory and happiness: and declare his praise in the islands; as on the western continent, and the isles of it; so on the eastern continent, and the islands of it, the islands of Greece, the islands in the Aegean sea.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“glory . . . islands-- (Isa 24:15).”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Let them give glory ... in the islands - (see the note at Isaiah 41:1). Let the distant regions praise God. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“The islands - In the remotest parts of the world, as well as in Arabia, which was near to them. Isaiah 42:13”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Isa 24:15, Isa 24:16, Isa 66:18, Isa 66:19; Psa 22:27, Psa 96:3-10, Psa 117:1, Psa 117:2; Rom 15:9-11; Rev 5:9, Rev 5:10, Rev 7:9-12 Isaiah 42:13”
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