Isaías 12
John Calvin · Citado em PreceptAustin
Isaías 12
Calvin adds that… Nor is He here called a part or an aid of our strength, but our complete strength; for we are strong, so far as He supplies us with strength. My strength and my song - Isaiah is quoting from the Song of Moses in the book of Exodus after Israel's liberation from Egyptian bondage… The LORD is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise Him. My father’s God, and I will extol Him. (Ex 15:2) Comment: After the Exodus under Moses, the Jewish people sang a song, the Song of Moses (Exodus 15:1-18) and so it is fitting that after this second and final "Exodus" so to speak (summarized in Isa 11:11 "the second time"), they will also sing a hymn, a song of praise (Isaiah 12:1-6). This same "song" was echoed at the rededication of the temple in Ezra’s day in Psalm 118… The LORD is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation. (Ps 118:14)
Isaías 12
Calvin comments… By figure of speech, in which a part is taken for the whole, he declares that everything necessary for a supporting life flows to us from the undeserved goodness of God. NETBible Note… Water is here a metaphor for renewed life; the springs symbolize the restoration of God’s favor. Earlier Isaiah recorded… Inasmuch as these people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah And rejoice in Rezin and the son of Remaliah (Is 8:6) Later in the "comfort" section of Isaiah (chapters 40-66), God promises His Chosen People Israel that the day will come (for the righteous, believing remnant) when They will not hunger or thirst. Neither will the scorching heat or sun strike them down (Why not?), for He who has compassion on them will lead them (Isa 40:11, Jn 10:14, Heb 13:20-note, 1Pe 2:25-note, Ps 23:1,2, 80:1), and will guide them to springs of water. (Isa 49:10) (Who is He? The Messiah) The afflicted and needy are seeking water, but there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst; I, the LORD, will answer them Myself, as the God of Israel I will not forsake them (Note: God is referring specifically to Israel and not the church!). “I will open rivers on the bare heights and springs in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water and the dry land fountains of water. (Is 41:17-18) See other related references to water - Isaiah 30:25; 35:6, 7; 43:19; Ps 107:35 The Dictionary of Biblical Imagery notes that… The symbolic uses of the spring of water reach their climax in pictures of salvation. According to OT apocalyptic visions, in the coming Messianic Age (Ed: millennial age) spiritual springs of water will appear in the wilderness (Is 43:19, cp Isa 12:3) and will guide the redeemed there (Is 49:10), and as noted above, the redeemed themselves will be “like a spring of water, whose waters never fail” (Is 58:11 NRSV). These prophecies find fulfillment in NT references to the water of salvation that becomes in people “a spring of water gushing up to eternal life” (Jn 4:14NRSV), the “springs of the water of life” that satisfy glorified saints in heaven (Rev 7:17NRSV) and the salvation that Christ offers to thirsty people “as a gift from the spring of the water of life” (Rev 21:6NRSV).