A NEW SONG FOR NEW HEARTS Isaiah 12:1. _And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, &c._ This prophecy is said by some to relate to the invasion by Sennacherib, and the marvellous deliverance therefrom. If so, it is an instance of sanctified affliction, and a lesson to us that whenever we smart under t... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH’S VISION OF THE KING AND OF HIS KINGDOM Chapter S 11 AND 12 This is one of the visions that Isaiah _saw_ (chap. Isaiah 1:1, Isaiah 2:1, &c.). He was a dreamer of dreams. With a keen perception, not surpassed, of the men and things actually surrounding him, much of his life was passed in an id... [ Continue Reading ]
WELLS OF SALVATION Isaiah 12:3. _Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation_. Salvation is the great theme of the Bible, and thus it meets man’s great need. Think, I. of THE WELLS, the sources of salvation. Clearly these are not found in man himself. Salvation originated i... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DUTY OF GLADNESS Isaiah 12:6. _Cry out and shout, &c._ Two things are here observable:— 1. _The person addressed_, “thou inhabitant of Zion” [1012] _i.e._, one who is no longer a stranger and foreigner, but a fellow-citizen with the saints (Ephesians 2:12; Ephesians 2:19). 2. _The admonition... [ Continue Reading ]