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Isaiah 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 (3)

Songs of Praise

June 4, 2027

Rebecca and Eliezer, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Rebecca and Eliezer, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1650Museo del Prado, Madrid
The servant has come a long way to find a wife for Isaac and asks a stranger for water; Murillo paints the ordinary courtesy that turns out to be the answer to a prayer.With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation, and here is the well, and the drawing, and the joy of it.Bartolomé Esteban MurilloSeville's leading painter (1617-1682), known for a warm, soft handling that made his religious pictures the most copied in Spain for two centuries.Museo del Prado, MadridSpain's national collection, formed from what the Spanish crown had bought over three centuries, which is why its Titians and Rubenses are unmatched.Museo del Prado, Madrid
Roman Lectionary
GospelJohn 19:31-37Jn 19:31-37
Second ReadingEph. 3:8-12, 14-19Eph 3:8-12, 14-19
First ReadingHos. 11:1, 3-4, 8c-9Hos 11:1, 3-4, 8c-9
Responsorial PsalmIsa. 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 (3)Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 (3)

Overview & Insights

“With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.” (Isaiah 12:3)

After an act of deliverance of the kind that brought the people out of Egypt, one might expect there to be a song to sing like that in Exodus 15, and so there is; indeed, verse 2 virtually repeats Exodus 15:2.

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Commentary

Enduring Word: Isaiah 12Enduring Word: Is 12 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on Isaiah's song of salvation.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Isaiah 12:2BibleHub: Commentaries on Is 12:2 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries on the wells of salvation canticle.

Background & Word Study

Sefaria: Isaiah 12 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Is 12 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the canticle.

BibleHub: Isaiah 12 InterlinearBibleHub: Is 12 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the canticle.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Isaiah 12Catena: Is 12 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Isaiah 12.

Questions preachers ask

What is the song of Isaiah 12?

A short canticle of thanksgiving: though the Lord was angry, his anger has turned, and the redeemed sing that God is their strength and salvation, making known his deeds among the nations.

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