Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
THANKSGIVING HYMN OF THE RESTORED AND CONVERTED JEWS. (Isaiah 12:1-6)
Lord JEHOVAH—Jah, Jehovah. The repetition of the name denotes emphasis, and the unchangeableness of God's character.
strength . . . song . . . salvation—derived from Exodus 15:2; Psalms 118:14. The idea of salvation was peculiarly associated with the feast of tabernacles (see Isaiah 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) (Matthew 21:9; compare with Psalms 118:25-26); the earnest of the perfected "salvation" which He shall bring to His people at His glorious second appearance at Jerusalem (Hebrews 9:28). "He shall appear the second time without sin unto salvation." Compare Revelation 21:3, "The tabernacle of God is with men." Compare Luke 9:33, "three tabernacles: one for thee," etc. (the transfiguration being a pledge of the future kingdom), (Psalms 118:15; Zechariah 14:16). As the Jew was reminded by the feast of tabernacles of his wanderings in tents in the wilderness, so the Jew-Gentile Church to come shall call to mind, with thanksgiving, the various past ways whereby God has at last brought them to the heavenly "city of habitation" (Psalms 107:7).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 12:2:
Psalms 68:4
Isaiah 12:2
Isaiah 26:4
Isaiah 38:20
Titus 1:3
Revelation 15:3
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