twig were not of itself something lowly and unassuming in
appearance, yet, in the passage before us, that idea is, at all events,
implied in the connection with the _stump_ and _roots_, as well as by
the contrast to [Hebrew: iprh]]

[Footnote 3: The following passage, which we take from _Raim. Martini
Pug. Fid._ III. 3, 19 p. 685, will fully illustrate that custom: R.
_Abba_ said: His name is [Hebrew: ihvh] Lord, according to the word in
Jerem. xxiii. 6; R. _Josua ben Levy_ said: "His name is Sprout,
according to what is said in Zech. vi. 12. Others say that His name
will be Comforter, Son of the strength of God, as is declared in Lam.
i. 16. Those from the School of R. _Siloh_ said: His name will be
_Shiloh_, as is written in Gen. xlix. 10: 'Until Shiloh come.'Those
from the School of R. _Chanina_ said: His name will be the Gracious
one, as Jerem. said in chap. xvi. 13. Those from the School of R.
_Jannai_ said: Jinnon shall be His name, according to Ps. lxxii. 17,
&c."]

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CHAP. XII.

This chapter contains Israel's hymn of thanks after having obtained
redemption and deliverance, and is connected with chap. ix. 2 (3),
where the Prophet had, in general, mentioned the joy of the elect in
the Messianic time. Here he embodies it in words. The hymn, which forms
a kind of close, and, to a certain degree, belongs to the whole cycle
of the preceding Messianic prophecies, is based upon the hymn of
thanksgiving by Israel after having passed through the Red Sea,--that
historical fact which contained so strong a guarantee for the future
redemption, and is in harmony with chap. xi. 15, 16, where the Prophet
had announced a renewal of those wonderful leadings of the Lord. The
hymn falls into three stanzas, each consisting of two verses. In ver. 1
and 2, and in ver. 4 and 5, the redeemed ones are introduced speaking;
ver. 3 and 5, which likewise form a couple, contain an epilogue of the
Prophet on the double _jubilus_ of the congregation.

Ver. 1. "_And in that day thou sayest: I will praise thee, Lord, for
thou wast angry with me, and now thine anger is turned away, and thou
comfortest me._ Ver. 2. _Behold, God is my salvation; I trust, and am
not afraid; for my strength and song is the Lord, and He became my
Saviour._"

The words "my strength and my song," are from Exod. xv. 2. The two
members of the verse enter into the right relation to one another, and
the [Hebrew: ki] be