Pentecost Season · Proper 28 · Year C
Isaiah 12
Songs of Praise
November 19, 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
Explains the hymn's place as a hinge closing the book's first section.
Isaiah 12 Commentary: Words from a Worshipper Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse-by-verse evangelical treatment of the thanksgiving song.
Isaiah 12 Commentary Precept Austin
Verse-by-verse study notes tying the song's language back to Exodus imagery.
Isaiah 12:1 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew interlinear text for the opening line of the song.
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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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