Isaiah 12 - Introduction

_A.M. 3266. B.C. 738._ The salvation promised in the foregoing chapter being compared to that of Israel, in the day when they came out of the land of Egypt; and Moses and Israel having then sung a song of praise, to the glory of God; the prophet here puts a eucharistic hymn into the mouths of the L... [ Continue Reading ]

Isaiah 12:1,2

_And_, &c. “Isaiah concludes this most noble prophecy with a doxology from the mouth of those who should share in the blessings of the great redemption before specified. This doxology is two-fold: in the first part, the redeemed, in their own names and persons, praise God for the benefits of salvati... [ Continue Reading ]

Isaiah 12:3

_Therefore_ Because the Lord Jehovah is your strength and song, and is, and will be, your salvation; _with joy shall ye draw water_, &c. The assurances God has given you of his love, and the experience you have had of the benefit and comfort of his grace, should greatly encourage your faith in him,... [ Continue Reading ]

Isaiah 12:4-6

_In that day ye shall say_, &c. Here we have the second part of the evangelical song, the subject of which, as of the former, is the praise of God. In the former part, believers stir up themselves to praise God; here they invite and encourage one another to do it, and are represented as contriving t... [ Continue Reading ]

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