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Young's Literal Translation

Isaiah 12:6

Cry aloud, and sing, O inhabitant of Zion, For great in thy midst [is] the Holy One of Israel!'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   God;   God Continued...;   Joy;   Praise;   Righteous;   Shouting;   Testimony;   Worship;   Thompson Chain Reference - God;   God's;   Greatness, God's;   Joy-Sorrow;   Shouting;   The Topic Concordance - Calling;   Declaration;   God;   Greatness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Praise;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Remnant;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms;   Targums;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Living (2);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Isaiah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Poetry;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for April 23;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Cry out and sing, citizen of Zion,for the Holy One of Israel is among youin his greatness.”
Hebrew Names Version
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Tziyon; for great in the midst of you is the Holy One of Yisra'el!"
King James Version
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
English Standard Version
Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel."
New American Standard Bible
Rejoice and shout for joy, you inhabitant of Zion, For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
New Century Version
Shout and sing for joy, you people of Jerusalem, because the Holy One of Israel does great things before your eyes."
Amplified Bible
Rejoice and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
World English Bible
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of you is the Holy One of Israel!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Crie out, and shoute, O inhabitant of Zion: for great is ye holy one of Israel in the middes of thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
Cry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel."
Contemporary English Version
Sing, people of Zion! Celebrate the greatness of the holy Lord of Israel. God is here to help you.
Complete Jewish Bible
Shout and sing for joy, you who live in Tziyon; for the Holy One of Isra'el is with you in his greatness!"
Darby Translation
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitress of Zion; for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
People of Zion, shout about these things! The Holy One of Israel is with you in a powerful way. So sing and be happy!
George Lamsa Translation
Rejoice and give praise, O inhabitant of Zion; for great is he that is in your midst, the Holy One of Israel.
Good News Translation
Let everyone who lives in Zion shout and sing! Israel's holy God is great, and he lives among his people."
Lexham English Bible
Inhabitant of Zion, shout out and sing for joy, for the holy one of Israel is great in your midst."
Literal Translation
Cry and shout, O dweller of Zion! For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Crie out, and be glad, thou that dwellest in Sion, for greate is thy prince: the holy one of Israel.
American Standard Version
Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
Let your voice be sounding in a cry of joy, O daughter of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.'
King James Version (1611)
Cry out and shout thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the holy one of Israel in the midst of thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Crye out, and sing thou that dwellest in Sion: for great is the holy one of Israel in the middest of thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Exalt and rejoice, ye that dwell in Sion: for the Holy One of Israel is exalted in the midst of her.
English Revised Version
Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou dwellyng of Syon, make ful out ioie, and preise; for whi the hooli of Israel is greet in the myddis of thee.
Update Bible Version
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of you is the Holy One of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great [is] the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
New English Translation
Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!"
New King James Version
Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!"
New Living Translation
Let all the people of Jerusalem shout his praise with joy! For great is the Holy One of Israel who lives among you."
New Life Bible
Call out and sing for joy, O people of Zion. For the Holy One of Israel is great among you.
New Revised Standard
Shout aloud and sing for joy, O royal Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Make shrill thy voice and sing out thou inhabitress of Zion, - That great in the midst of thee, is the Holy One of Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Rejoice, and praise, O thou habitation of Sion: for great is he that is in the midst of thee, the Holy One of Israel.
Revised Standard Version
Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Cry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

Contextual Overview

4 And ye have said in that day, Give ye praise to Jehovah, call in His name. Make known among the peoples His acts. Make mention that set on high is His name. 5 Praise ye Jehovah, for excellence He hath done, Known is this in all the earth. 6 Cry aloud, and sing, O inhabitant of Zion, For great in thy midst [is] the Holy One of Israel!'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cry out: Isaiah 40:9, Isaiah 52:7-10, Isaiah 54:1, Zephaniah 3:14, Luke 19:37-40

thou: Isaiah 10:24, Isaiah 30:19, Isaiah 33:24, Zechariah 8:3-8

inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress

great: Isaiah 8:18, Isaiah 24:23, Isaiah 41:14, Isaiah 41:16, Psalms 9:11, Psalms 68:16, Psalms 71:22, Psalms 89:18, Psalms 132:14, Ezekiel 43:7, Ezekiel 48:35, Zephaniah 2:5, Zephaniah 3:15-17, Zechariah 2:5, Zechariah 2:10, Zechariah 2:11

Reciprocal: Exodus 17:7 - Is the Lord Exodus 25:8 - I may dwell Numbers 2:2 - about the Numbers 5:3 - in the midst Numbers 23:21 - the Lord Joshua 22:31 - the Lord is 2 Samuel 5:7 - Zion 1 Kings 14:21 - the city Ezra 3:11 - shouted Nehemiah 12:42 - sang loud Psalms 14:5 - God Psalms 20:2 - out Psalms 27:6 - joy Psalms 46:5 - God is Psalms 50:2 - Out Psalms 53:6 - out Psalms 76:2 - dwelling Psalms 87:3 - Glorious Psalms 98:4 - General Psalms 99:2 - great Psalms 105:2 - Sing unto Psalms 106:5 - rejoice Psalms 125:1 - be as mount Psalms 135:21 - which dwelleth Psalms 146:10 - thy God Psalms 147:12 - praise thy God Isaiah 1:4 - the Holy Isaiah 14:32 - the Lord Isaiah 18:4 - consider in my dwelling place Isaiah 25:10 - in this Isaiah 31:4 - so shall Isaiah 37:23 - the Holy One Isaiah 38:6 - General Isaiah 40:6 - Cry Isaiah 55:6 - while he is near Jeremiah 8:19 - the Lord Jeremiah 10:6 - thou Jeremiah 14:9 - art Lamentations 1:6 - from Ezekiel 35:10 - whereas Ezekiel 39:7 - the Holy Ezekiel 48:8 - the sanctuary Hosea 11:9 - the Holy One Joel 2:27 - I am Joel 3:17 - shall ye Zephaniah 3:5 - is in Zephaniah 3:17 - is mighty Zechariah 9:9 - Rejoice Matthew 21:5 - the daughter John 4:22 - for Hebrews 12:22 - ye are come Revelation 21:3 - Behold Revelation 22:3 - but

Cross-References

Genesis 10:15
And Canaan hath begotten Sidon his first-born, and Heth,
Genesis 12:18
And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, `What [is] this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not declared to me that she [is] thy wife?
Genesis 12:19
Why hast thou said, She [is] my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife, take and go.'
Genesis 13:7
and there is a strife between those feeding Abram's cattle and those feeding Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite [are] then dwelling in the land.
Genesis 33:18
And Jacob cometh in to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and encampeth before the city,
Genesis 34:2
and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;
Genesis 35:4
And they give unto Jacob all the gods of the stranger that [are] in their hand, and the rings that [are] in their ears, and Jacob hideth them under the oak which [is] by Shechem;
Deuteronomy 11:30
are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going in of the sun, in the land of the Canaanite, who is dwelling in the plain over-against Gilgal, near the oaks of Moreh?
Joshua 20:7
And they sanctify Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah;
Joshua 24:32
And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in the portion of the field which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor father of Shechem, with a hundred kesitah; and they are to the sons of Joseph for an inheritance.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Cry out, and shout,.... By singing aloud, with the high praises of God in the mouth:

thou inhabitant of Zion: born and brought up there, free of Zion, that is settled and dwells there, and so happy; since there plenty of provisions is had, health is enjoyed, and the inhabitants in the utmost safety and protection, having the greatest privileges and immunities; and therefore have reason to sing and shout for joy, and especially for what follows:

for great [is] the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee; by "the Holy One of Israel" is meant Christ, the Redeemer and Husband of this church; see Isaiah 48:17 because, as God, he is the God of Israel, the spiritual Israel, and as such is holy, even glorious in holiness; and, as man, sprung from Israel, literal Israel, and as such is holy in his nature, acts, and offices; and is the sanctifier of the whole Israel of God, from whom they receive all their holiness: he is "in the midst" of his church, in the midst of Zion, and the inhabitants of it, to whom he has promised his presence, and grants it, and which causes such joy and gladness, as nothing else can give; and here he is "great", and shows himself to be so, the great God, and our Saviour; a Saviour, and a great one; a great King over the holy hill of Zion; and a great High Priest over the house of God; wherefore greatness should be ascribed unto him, and praise be given him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Cry out - (צהלי tsahalı̂y). This word is usually applied to the neighing of a horse Jeremiah 5:8; Jeremiah 8:16. It is also used to express joy, pleasure, exultation, by a clear and loud sound of the voice Isaiah 10:30; Isaiah 12:6; Isaiah 14:14; Isaiah 54:1; Jeremiah 31:7; Jeremiah 50:11. It is here synonymous with the numerous passages in the Psalms, and elsewhere, where the people of God are called on to exult, to shout, to make a noise as expressive of their joy Psalms 47:1; Psalms 148:1-14; Psalms 149:1-9; Isaiah 42:11; Isaiah 44:23; Jeremiah 31:7; Zephaniah 3:14; Zechariah 9:9.

And shout - (ורני vāronı̂y). This word properly means to cry aloud Proverbs 1:20; Proverbs 8:3; to cry for help Lamentations 2:19; to raise a shout of joy, to rejoice, or exult Leviticus 9:24; Job 38:7; to praise, or celebrate with joy Psalms 33:1; Psalms 51:15; Psalms 59:17; Psalms 89:13. Here it denotes the joy in view of God’s mercies, which leads to songs of exalted praise.

Thou inhabitant of Zion - Thou that dwellest in Zion; that is, thou who art numbered with the people of God (note, Isaiah 1:8). The margin here is in accordance with the Hebrew - ‘Inhabitress of Zion;’ and the word used here is applicable to the people, rather than to an individual.

For great is the Holy One of Israel - That is, God has shown himself great and worthy of praise, by the wonderful deliverance which he has worked for his people. Thus closes this beautiful hymn. It is worthy of the theme - worth to be sung by all. O, may all the redeemed join in this song of deliverance; and may the time soon come, when the beautiful vision of the poet shall be realized, in the triumphant song of redemption echoing around the world:

‘One song employs all nations; and all cry,

“Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us!”

The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks

Shout to each other, and the mountain-tops

From distant mountains catch the flying joy;

Till, nation after nation taught the strain,

Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.’

“The Task” Book vi.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 12:6. Thou inhabitant of Zion — Not only the Jewish people, to whom his word of salvation was to be sent first; but also all members of the Church of Christ: as in them, and in his Church, the Holy One of Israel dwells. St. Paul, speaking of the mystery which had been proclaimed among the Gentiles, sums it up in these words: "which is CHRIST IN YOU, the hope of glory; whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;" Colossians 1:27-28. Well, therefore, may the inhabitant of Zion cry oat and shout, and proclaim the greatness of her Redeemer.


 
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