Isaiah 12:1-3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 12:1-3

This is the former part of the hymn of praise which is prepared for the use of the church, of the Jewish church when God would work great deliverances for them, and of the Christian church when the kingdom of the Messiah should be set up in the world in despite of the opposition of the powers of darkness: In that day thou shalt say, O Lord! I will praise thee. The scattered church, being united into one body, shall, as one man, with one mind and one mouth, thus praise God, who is one and his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 12:1

And in that day thou shalt say ,.... The following song of praise; just as Israel did, when they were brought through the Red sea, and saved out of the hands of their enemies; to which there are several allusions and references in it; that deliverance being typical of salvation by Christ; the Gospel day, or the times of the Gospel, are here meant: O Lord, I will praise thee ; or "confess thee"; to be my Lord, Redeemer, and Saviour, my Husband, Head, and King; or "confess to thee" F17 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 12:2

Behold, God is my salvation ,.... Or Saviour; that is, Christ, who is God, the great God, and so fit to be a Saviour, and is one, was appointed by the Father, provided in covenant, promised in the word, sent in the fulness of time, and is become the author of salvation, which a creature could not be; and this the church saw her interest in, and which was the ground of her comfort before declared; and to which she prefixed the word "behold", as a note of asseveration, affirming him to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 12:3

Therefore with joy shall ye draw water ,.... These words are either an exhortation to others, as the Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, "draw ye"; and so likewise an encouragement to them by her example, or a prophecy that they should do this; that is, apply to Christ for grace, and receive it from him: for by "water" is meant grace, which is compared to it, because it is softening, purifying, fructifying, cooling, and refreshing, and extinguishes thirst; and this is to be "drawn", it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 12:1

Though thou wast angry "For though thou hast been angry" - The Hebrew phrase, to which the Septuagint and Vulgate have too closely adhered, is exactly the same with that of St. Paul, Romans 6:17 ; : "But thanks be to God, that ye were the slaves of sin; but have obeyed from the heart;" that is, "that whereas, or though, ye were the slaves of sin, yet ye have now obeyed from the heart the doctrine on the model of which ye were formed." read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 12:2

The Lord Jehovah - The word יה Yah read here is probably a mistake; and arose originally from the custom of the Jewish scribes, who, when they found a line too short for the word, wrote as many letters as filled it, and then began the next line with the whole word. In writing the word יהוה Jehovah , the line might terminate with יה Yah , the two first letters; and then at the beginning of the next line the whole word יהוה Yehovah would be written. This might give rise to ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 12:1

In that day . In the day of deliverance and restoration. Though thou wast angry ; literally, because thou wast angry . Kay understands an actual hank-fullness for the severe discipline, which had checked them, and not allowed them to glide on smoothly to ruin. But perhaps the idiom is rather that of the passage, "Father, I thank thee that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes" ( Matthew 11:25 ), where it is only the last clause that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 12:1

Reconciliation with God. These words may have— I. A NATIONAL FULFILMENT . The Jews might have taken these words into their lips after the discomfiture of Sennacherib, or, with fuller meaning later on, after the return from captivity and the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 6:15 , Nehemiah 6:16 ). Other nations, after retributive sufferings and signal deliverances or restorations, may appropriately use this reverent language. II. THE FULFILMENT IN THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 12:1-6

THE SONG OF THANKSGIVING OF THE UNITED CHURCH . On each of her deliverances the Church is hound to praise God. In some parts of the Church it is customary on every such occasion to sing a "Te Deum." The ordinary Israelite hymn of praise appears to have been the hundred and thirty-sixth psalm ( 1 Chronicles 16:34 , 1 Chronicles 16:41 ; 2 Chronicles 5:13 ; 2 Chronicles 7:3 ; Ezra 3:11 ; Jeremiah 33:11 ; 1 Macc. 4:24); but on extraordinary occasions special... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 12:1-6

Christian thanksgiving - its principal characteristics. There is so much allusion in this thanksgiving song to the "song of Moses," that Isaiah cannot but be supposed to intend some comparison between the two. The occasion, however, of their utterance is so different, and their scale and method of construction so far apart, that it is difficult to draw out in detail any comparison between the two that would not appear forced and unnatural. Moses' song is a burst of gratitude for a particular... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 12:1-3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 12:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 12:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 12:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 12:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 12:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 12:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 12:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 12:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 12:1-6

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