Singing in the New Day with the Song of Isaiah
Bible Study Isaiah 12

1.	Introduction
•	Paul in Col 3:15: Become thanksgivers
•	Reception of gift ► thanksgiving

2.	Personal Touch 
•	Name Isaiah = “The Lord saves”
•	In 8:18 Isaiah and his children = sign of the Lord who dwells in Zion
•	Salvation: three times in this song
•	Song as explanation of his name

3.	Structure of the Song
•	Individual thanksgiving for deliverance: 1-2
•	Corporate praise of the Holy Lord in Zion: 3-6

4.	Time for Singing the Song
•	In that day
•	Future act of God rather that past deeds
•	Lord’s day
•	Judgment of wickedness 
•	Salvation of repentant sinners
•	Day of the future Spirit-filled King and his reign in Zion: 11:1-9
•	Gathering of nations and Israelites for worship in Zion: 11:10-12

5.	Future Song of Thanksgiving: 12:1-2
•	Identity of “you”: each comforted person as thanksgiver
•	Reasons for thanksgiving
•	God’s ‘conversion’
•	Anger at sin ►comfort by forgiveness of penitent
•	Sentence of death ►deliverance from death
•	Disfavour ► favour
•	God’s saving presence
•	End of fear for future punishment
•	Basis for confidence and trust in God
•	Source of strength and song
•	Quotation of verse from the Song of Moses in Exod 15:2
•	Similar situation: threat of certain death
•	Similar deliverance: new exodus

6.	Picture of the God’s people on the Lord’s day: 3
•	Citizens of Zion = people who draw water from a bountiful spring
•	Life-giving spring in the Garden of Eden: Gen 10-14
•	Lord as the spring of living water: Jer 2:13: 17:13
•	Lord’s life-giving presence in the temple in Ps 36:8-9:
They feast in the abundance of your house;
you give them drink from your river of delights.
For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.
•	Prophecies: spring for the world in Zion’s new temple in Ezek 47:1-12
•	Water = God’s life-giving Spirit in Isa 44:3
•	Jesus as the life-giving spring in John 7:37-39
•	Word and sacraments as wells of salvation: John 6:63; 1 Cor 10:4-5; 1
Cor 12:13.

7.	Future Song of Praise by God’s People: 4-6
•	Identity of ‘you’: future inhabitants of Zion = the church
•	Call to be praise-singers: the Lord’s earthly choir
•	Picture: heralds of the heavenly king
•	Proclamation of the Lord’s name to the nations and whole earth
•	Name: praise of person
•	Name as means of access to him and his grace
•	Invitation to nations: join Israelites in singing his praises
•	Proclamation of gospel in song of praise
•	Reason for song and its content
•	Fulfilment of Isa 4:2-6: whole city as temple and people as priests
•	Fulfilment of prophecy of the angels to Isaiah at his call: 
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory.
•	Presence of Lord with his people in Zion
•	Lord as the Holy One of Israel
•	Two sides to God’s holiness
•	Fire that destroys evil and purifies
•	Power that makes people holy

8.	In what ways is the Song of Isaiah as our Song?
•	We as citizens of new Jerusalem
•	Presence of Holy God with us in the divine service
•	We as holy people that share in Christ’s holiness
•	Our access to the wells of salvation: gift of Holy Spirit
•	Vocation as thanksgivers and praise-singers