Isaiah 12
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and Comparative
Texts:
- III.X.2, IV.V.1, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "Our salvation stands only in God, who gives us an assured confidence, constancy and opportunity to praise him for the same."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "I will trust him to prepare me for his salvation, and preserve me to it. I will trust him with all my concerns, not doubting but he will make all to work for good. Faith in God is a sovereign remedy against tormenting fears."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "My salvation hath not been brought to pass by man, but by the almighty power of God."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "The idea of salvation was peculiarly associated with the feast of tabernacles (see Isa 12:3). Hence the cry "Hosanna," "Save, we beseech thee," that accompanied Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem on that day (the fifteenth of the seventh month) (Mt 21:9; compare with Ps 118:25, 26); the earnest of the perfected "salvation" which He shall bring to His people at His glorious second appearance at Jerusalem (Heb 9:28)."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Isaiah 12:2-6, Adam Heaison, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2018.
- "Isaiah 12 is the culminating hymn of the first section of Isaiah’s prophecy."
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2018.
- Commentary,
Isaiah 12:2-6, Rolf Jacobson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2015.
- "In this psalm, Second Isaiah's rhetorical strategy for creating faith in the faith-empty exiles was to call them to praise God."
- The Center for Excellence in Preaching, Doug Bratt, commentary, textual notes, illustration. 2015.
- "Wells, Fountains and the Waters of Childbirth," Beth Scibienski, 2015.
- "God Is Here to Help," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2013.
- "In stark contradiction to the fear mongers who seem to delight in painted God as a sadistic mass-murderer, the Bible insists that what God will do at the end of all things will be consistent with what God has always done: Create a world full of beauty; assure a wayward people of the love that will never change; set people free from everything that binds them."
- Commentary,
Isaiah 12:2-6, Elizabeth Webb, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2012.
- "The drought of 2012 left many with withered lawns and watering bans, left farmers without crops, and left animals both wild and domestic in danger of starvation and dehydration. Others of us, however, have seen too much water in recent months, with homes, crops, businesses, and communities devastated by flooding."
- The Timeless Psalms: Isaiah 12:2-6, Joan Stott, prayers and meditations based on lectionary Psalms, 2012.
- Commentary,
Isaiah 12:2-6, Audrey West, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2009.
- "Foreign invaders, political instability, and crises of one kind or another formed the context of Isaiah's proclamation. The people to whom he was sent and those for whom this book was originally composed lived in a world that was unpredictable and out of their control."
- Isaiah 12:2-6, Advent 3C, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
-
Isaiah 12:1-6,
The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
- "At the heart of these chapters is a difficult political decision to be made by king Ahaz. In political terms he needed to decide whether he would form an allegiance with other smaller states seeking to rebel against the superpower Assyria, or whether he should side with the latter against the rebels (see Isaiah 7-8)."
-
Commentary, Isaiah 12:1-6, Lester Agyei McCorn, The African
American Lectionary, 2008.
- "The people of God are reminded to consider their present favor in light of their former plight."
-
Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion,
Isaiah 12:2-6. "A place of
conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
- "Does a reversal of salvation verbiage bother or 'energate'? Can Christmas or a 'Second Coming' (as if this were not an every moment experience/possibility) be seen anew as 'G*D with US' and that withness passing the gift of salvation back and forth?"
- Isaiah 12, Pentecost 24C, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- Commentary,
Isaiah 12:2-6, Adam Heaison, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2018.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Beuken, Willem A.M.,
"A Prayer for the Readers of the Book of Isaiah," Calvin Theological
Journal, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - "Homiletical Helps," Concordia Journal, 2010. (Section on this text begins on page 49)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - "Homiletical Helps on LW Series C - Old Testament," Concordia Journal, 2004. (Section on this text begins on page 65.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Manteufel, Thomas, "Homiletical Helps on LW Series
C.," Concordia Journal, 2007. (Section on this text begins on
p.69.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Milgram, Goldie,
"Water as a Portal to Sacred Consciousness," The Living Pulpit,
2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Oswalt, John N., "The Significance of
the 'ALMAH Prophecy in the Context of Isaiah 7-12," Criswell
Theological Review, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Beuken, Willem A.M.,
"A Prayer for the Readers of the Book of Isaiah," Calvin Theological
Journal, 2004.
- Sermons:
- With Children:
- "With Great Joy, You People Will Get Water from the Well of Victory," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- "Living Water," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Isaiah 12:4, Heartlight - Free Christian PowerPoint Backgrounds.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Isaiah 12:1, 2, 3, 6. The Cyber Hymnal.
- "I Will Praise You, Lord," lyrics, midi, sheet music, mp3. Stephen J. Pearson, The Psalmistry.
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- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Isaiah
