First light below Jerusalem’s wall: a stone stairway leading down to a rock-cut spring, clear water flowing over stone, two clay water jars waiting on the steps.

Immanuel

Isaiah 12

What would you sing if you knew God’s anger had turned away?

6 verses≈ 3 minBSB

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Where we are

1–5Zion on trialJudah’s sin, the mountain raised, the vineyard’s song
6Holy, holy, holyIsaiah’s call, in the year King Uzziah died (about 740 BC)
7–12ImmanuelAhaz’s fear, the sign, the Child, the shoot of JesseChapter 12
13–23The nations judgedBabylon to Tyre: the LORD is Judge of all the earth
24–27The whole earthThe earth laid waste, and death swallowed up
28–35Woe and a KingEgypt’s help or the LORD’s, and the King in His beauty
36–39Hezekiah’s crisisSennacherib, 701 BC: the prayer, the sickness, the envoys
40–48Comfort My peopleTo the exiles ahead: Cyrus, the idols, the Servant
49–55The Servant and ZionPierced for our transgressions; Zion restored
56–66New heavens and earthA house of prayer, the Anointed One, all things new

Joyful Thanksgiving

Isaiah

In that day you will say:

“O LORD, I will praise You.

Although You were angry with me,

Your anger has turned away,

and You have comforted me.

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Isaiah

Surely God is my salvation;

I will trust and not be afraid.

For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song,

and He also has become my salvation.”

Isaiah 12:2

Question

Quick question

Verse 2 borrows the words of an older song. Read it again before you answer.

Whose song does verse 2 echo?

Isaiah

Dawn at a rock-cut spring pool: a woman in a long robe and head covering lowering a clay jar into bright clear water, ripples of light on the stone.

With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation, and on that day you will say:

“Give praise to the LORD;

proclaim His name!

Isaiah

Isaiah

Make His works known among the peoples;

declare that His name is exalted.

Isaiah

Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things.

Let this be known in all the earth.

Isaiah

Dawn on a flat roof in Jerusalem: a family singing, a father with a small lyre, a mother and children, the temple height behind them in the first light.

Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion,

for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

Pray

O LORD, I will praise You. Your anger has turned away and You comfort me. You are my strength and my song; help me make Your name known. Amen.

Immanuel

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A frightened king, a promised Child, and a people who sing.

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A verse to carry with you

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.

Isaiah 12:2

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