Isaiah 12 · The Lantern

Thou shalt say, therefore, in that day, I will praise thee, O Yahweh! Though thou hast been angry with me, Thine anger turneth back. And thou dost comfort me.

Lo, GOD is my salvation! I will trust and not dread,—For, my might and melody, is Yah, Yahweh, And he hath become mine, by salvation.

Therefore shall ye draw water, with rejoicing,—out of the fountains of salvation.

Better is the foolishness that has eyes to see its own wounds than wisdom that does not have them. And therefore, with the gaze of his own foolishness, such a great king admits to being afflicted by miseries; so that he may find the remedy of repentance, which Judas, who possessed a field with the wages of iniquity, could not find.

We say that God is … a fountain because he fills the thirsty and empty.

387. You shall draw. Here he promises the benefit: waters, of comfort, cooling them against the heat of tribulation. 391. It is to be noted on the words, you shall draw waters (Isa 12:3), that there is first, the water of doctrine, below: all you that thirst, come to the waters (Isa 55:1); second, of grace: he that believes in me, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living wa…

And ye shall say in that day, Praise Yahweh. Call upon his Name, Make known among the peoples, his doings,—Bring to remembrance that, exalted, is his Name!

Praise in song Yahweh, For a splendid thing, hath he done,—Well known, is this in all the earth.

Make shrill thy voice and sing out thou inhabitress of Zion,—That great in the midst of thee, is the Holy One of Israel.

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