Isaiah 12:6

The Holy One of Israel. See on ch. 1:4. Isaiah did not represent a far-distant God, who shut Himself away in a holy heaven, but a God who dwelt with His people (chs. 57:15; 66:1, 2). The fact that God was with His people — Immanuel, “God [is] with us” — was the message of his life and words (see chs. 7:14; 8:8, 10). Those who have been delivered from sin within and from enemies without (see on v. 1) cannot remain silent concerning the mercies of Heaven. It is not enough to look forward to standing on the sea of glass as the time to join in the song of the redeemed; it is our privilege in this life to lift our voices in song, with the joy and peace of heaven in our hearts. This hymn of praise (ch. 12) brings to a close what has been called the “Immanuel volume” of Isaiah’s prophecy.