Lent · Fourth Sunday in Lent · Year C
Isaiah 12:1-6
Songs of Praise
March 26, 2028
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
Commentary on Isaiah 12:2-6 Working Preacher
Covers the same song of thanksgiving as it appears in the Advent 3 lectionary slot.
Isaiah 12:2-6 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Notes that the lectionary's usual trimming of verse 1 loses part of the song's logic.
Isaiah 12 Commentary Precept Austin
Provides a verse-by-verse evangelical exposition of the whole song.
Isaiah 12 commentaries BibleHub
Aggregates several classic commentaries on the opening verse in one place.
Isaiah 12 (Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary) StudyLight
A homiletical treatment built specifically for preaching this chapter.
Isaiah 12:1 interlinear BibleHub
Shows the Hebrew text of the song word by word with parsing.
Isaiah 12:1-6 Enduring Word · David Guzik
An accessible verse-by-verse commentary, widely used across evangelical churches.
Background & Word Study
The Church Fathers
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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