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Isaiah 12 Commentary

Praise The LORD!

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KEY THOUGHT: For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation. [Isaiah 12:2b NKJV]

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Isaiah 12 NKJV
A Hymn of Praise

12 And in that day you will say:

“O Lord, I will praise You;
Though You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me.
2 Behold, God is my salvation,
I will trust and not be afraid;
‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song;
He also has become my salvation.’ ”

3 Therefore with joy you will draw water
From the wells of salvation.

4 And in that day you will say:

“Praise the Lord, call upon His name;
Declare His deeds among the peoples,
Make mention that His name is exalted.
5 Sing to the Lord,
For He has done excellent things;
This is known in all the earth.
6 Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion,
For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!”

Footnotes

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Isaiah 12 Commentary

The vision of Chapter 11 is the reason for the praise song in this chapter.

The LORD Jesus Christ is the history-long blessing of the LORD to humanity. Isaiah has a simple format. He states the problem, or describes the sorry state of humanity, before announcing a series of God’s judgments. This is always followed by God’s solution.

“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” Cleansing- that was Chapter 1.

Chapter 2 talked about the Mountain of the LORD. It mirrored the priestly functions of the LORD Jesus Christ. Chapter 4 introduced us to the Branch – a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night.

We have Immanuel in Chapter 7, and then “a child is born, to us, a son is given” in Chapter 9.

Chapter 11 is about the Branch – the root of Jesse.

Varied images, but one object: the LORD Jesus Christ. The word is uppercase LORD and not any other format. It makes sense because Adam’s problem is the absence of God, the LORD God Almighty. So the solution can only be one: the presence of the same God, the LORD God Almighty. Isaiah describes this God using countless images with all sorts of backgrounds.

Therefore, this praise song is a celebration of all that the LORD is to humanity. The LORD became a branch of Himself and came down to save humanity. It is God’s special gift – the history-long blessing specially preserved and sustained down the pages of Scripture.

We can trust and not be afraid because the LORD Jesus is our comfort. He is our strength and our defense.

For what He has done, proclaim His name among the nations; let it be known everywhere.

Shout it loud. Saints shouldn’t keep quiet! The El-Shaddai God is among us – Immanuel; the Holy One of Israel.

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  1. It has been exciting learning how God can make things happen to his choosen one, God workout something wonderful and fulfils the promises he made to the father of Joseph.

    God’s words remains true so are his promises and indeed it has been God working out the salvation of man Kind by Grace through Faith alone.

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  11. Profound. My life needs a new introduction to God. Not that I have been right, but because God desires to help me… I see an amazing Grace here. Having broken the first commandment, still God looks for me and helps me to build up with him… And live for him. A littles knowledge of the Lord will ignite my passion and desire to serve him. This morning I pledge to seek, live and serve the Lord Jesus Christ and His purposes everyday of my life.
    Beautiful lesson

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  12. The Lord reintroduces himself and shows Israel, He is all they need. Some boast in horses and others in chariots but we’ll boast in the Lord. He is able and the only one worthy of our trust. Lord teach me how to always look up to you at all times and not focus on my strength or capabilities. This is my prayer

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  14. This far too common today. Just do something that seems like true worship yet it’s intent and actual practice is not even close to the set standard by the Lord. I personally feel challenged of some things we do in our personal lives, the focus of many churches and ministries today. We’ll need to realize the Lord must be worship as he has personally guided. Provides a good start of my reflection today

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  15. In those days when there was no King everyone did as they pleased. This is a good reminder to us that we are on own when the King of Kings isn’t leading our lives we’ll be doing what is not right and the results will show clearly how life without Christ looks like. We thank God that even when it looks like he’s not there, he’s behind the scenes working. I have learnt to trust in the Lord always.

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  16. Iam seeing this being stressed… There was no King in Israel… So lawlessness is the order of the day. This shows how heartless and wicked man can be with out the right King in his life. He can do anything. May the Lord help us to allow Christ in our lives that every aspect of our lives is changed and we yield ourselves to him alone.

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  17. I’m sure as the two daughters in-law stayed in Naomi’s home they learned about the God of Israel and appreciated His works among his people. Ruth’s determination and what she says moves my heart. She’s convinced she must go with Naomi and wants to spend her life with her, this relationship was strong especially between a mother inlaw and a daughter in-law. Yet Ruth stays and how she puts it shows the depth of her heart, I’ll go with with you, your people will be my people, your God will be my God…

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