The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 12:3

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

With joy shall ye draw water. The prophet interrupts the song to give a comforting promise. The "salvation" granted to the Church shall be as an inexhaustible well, from which all comers may draw continually.

Compare our Lord's promise to the woman of Samaria in John 4:14.

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