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2 Nephi 22
This two-verse hymn, drawn from Isaiah 12, is placed here as the closing doxology of Nephi's Isaiah block. The speaker names Jehovah as salvation itself — not a mediator toward salvation but its substance — and the double naming 'the Lord Jehovah' collapses the distance between covenant name and covenant act. Drawing water from the wells of salvation echoes the wilderness-water type: life-giving access through covenant, not by merit. The cry goes to the inhabitant of Zion — a literal gathered people, not a metaphor — in whose midst the Holy One of Israel stands as the fulfillment of every promise the preceding chapters carried.
1
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.
2
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid; for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation.
3
Therefore, with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
4
And 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.
5
Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things; this is known in all the earth.
6
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
