Isaiah 12:1-3

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Isaiah 12:3

Fountains. Instead of those which your fathers drank in the desert. (Calmet) --- You shall have the holy Scriptures, (Haydock) sacraments, &c., John iv. 13., and vii. 38. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 12:1-6

Israel's Song of Its Redemption. v. 1. And In that day, when the redemption of the spiritual Israel, of the Church of Christ, shall be completed, thou shalt say, the Church Triumphant breaking forth in a paean of praise, O Lord, I will praise Thee; though Thou wast angry with me, in a just wrath over the natural sinfulness of those whose redemption was perfected, Thine anger is turned away, through the atonement made by Christ, and Thou comfortest me, the fact of the salvation gained in... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 12:1-6

3. ISRAEL’S SONG OF PRAISE FOR THE WRATH AND GRACE OF HIS GODIsaiah 12:1-61 And in that day thou shalt say,O Lord, I will praise thee:1Though thou was angry with me, 2thine anger is turned away,And thou comfortedst me.2 Behold, God is my salvation;I will trust, and not be afraid:For the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song;He also is become my salvation.3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. 4And in that day shall ye say,Praise the Lord,3Call... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Isaiah 12:3

Isaiah THE WELL-SPRING OF SALVATION Isa_12:3 . There are two events separated from each other by more than fifteen hundred years which have a bearing upon this prophecy: the one supplied the occasion for its utterance, the other claimed to be its interpretation and its fulfilment. The first of these is that scene familiar to us all, where the Israelites in the wilderness murmured for want of water, and the law-giver, being at his wits’ end what to do with his troublesome charges, took his... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 12:1-6

a Song of Thanksgiving Isaiah 11:10-16 ; Isaiah 12:1-6 The prophet’s vision extends. He has seen the effect of redemption, as it emanates from Jesus Christ, upon the whole physical creation; now he beholds also the ingathering of all Israel. The ancient enmity between Ephraim and Judah would pass away. As Paul puts it afterward, “All Israel shall be saved,” Romans 11:25-26 . As they were brought out of Egypt, so shall they be brought from all the countries of the world, where they have... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 12:1-6

Here we have the songs of the people concerning the deliverances wrought by the victories of Jehovah. The first celebrates the personal blessings of the day described, while the second sets forth the gracious results to the peoples of the world issuing from the restoration of the people of God. These great and glorious prophecies are not yet fulfilled, but they are as certain of fulfillment as every word of God is sure. read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 12:2

FEARLESS TRUST‘I will trust, and not be afraid.’ Isaiah 12:2 Naturally any creature must be liable to fear. I. The great mysteries of existence have a tendency to produce fear.—(1) Has not every thoughtful mind bowed and almost trembled before the great mystery into which so many others may be resolved—the existence of evil, sin, misery, in the universe, under the government of an infinitely powerful and infinitely benevolent Being? (2) There is great mystery also about the plan of Divine... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 12:1-2

‘And in that day you will say, I will give thanks to you, O Yahweh, For although you were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, And you comfort me. Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and will not be afraid, For Yah Yahweh is my strength and my song, And he is become my salvation.’ The hymn is first of all a song of thanksgiving that Yahweh’s anger has been turned away from them, even though they recognise that they have deserved it. Thus instead of visiting them in anger and judgment... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 12:3

‘Therefore with joy will you draw water out of the wells of salvation.’ Isaiah adds his comment to the song, and speaks to all. ‘You’ is here in the plural. Because of their wonderful deliverance they can all come continually to draw water from the wells of salvation. The spring-fed well was the basis of life for the Israelites. It was alongside wells that they built their cities. From wells they irrigated their crops. And now their saving God has provided a continual spring, welling up... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 12:1-6

Isaiah 12. Songs of Thanksgiving.— This is a late appendix to the preceding. It is imitative throughout and copies late passages. Isaiah 11:16 compares Israel’ s return from the Dispersion with the deliverance of the Hebrews at the Exodus. As a song of praise (Exodus 15) celebrates the destruction of the Egyptians at the Red Sea, so two brief songs ( Isaiah 12:1-Leviticus :, Isaiah 12:4-Joshua :) are inserted here, which have close points of contact with Exodus 15 and some Pss., especially... read more