Thanks for being a Hymnary.org user. You are one of more than 10 million people from 200-plus countries around the world who have benefitted from the Hymnary website in 2024! If you feel moved to support our work today with a gift of any amount and a word of encouragement, we would be grateful.

You can donate online at our secure giving site.

Or, if you'd like to make a gift by check, please make it out to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
And may the promise of Advent be yours this day and always.

Click here to donate to Hymnary.org I have already donated. Please don't show this to me again
Text:Isaiah the Prophet Has Written of Old
Author:Joy F. Patterson
Tune:SAMANTHRA
Arranger:Robert Shaw
Arranger:Alice Parker
Media:Audio recording

77. Isaiah the Prophet Has Written of Old

To view this media, please accept the license agreement:

Hope Publishing: one copy

In order to use resources from the Hope Publishing Company, you must reside in the United States or Canada. Hope Publishing Company owns or administers the contents in these territories.
You may download one copy of this selection for your own personal use. To make any further copies or to perform the work you must get permission from Hope Publishing Company or belong to and report the copying activity to CCLI, LicenSing or OneLicense.net. By selecting "I Agree" you are verifying that you reside in the U.S. or Canada and will only legally use this selection.

Text Information
First Line: Isaiah the prophet has written of old
Title: Isaiah the Prophet Has Written of Old
Author: Joy F. Patterson (1982)
Meter: 11.8.11.8.D
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: God's Covenant with Israel; Justice; World Peace
Copyright: © 1982 The Hymn Society (admin. Hope Publishing Company)
ONE LICENSE: 86934
Tune Information
Name: SAMANTHRA
Arranger: Robert Shaw (1961)
Arranger: Alice Parker (1961)
Meter: 11.8.11.8.D
Key: f minor
Source: American folk melody
Copyright: Arr. © 1961, ren. Lawson-Gould Music Publishers, Inc. (admin. Alfred Music Publishing)


Text Information:

This 20th-century paraphrase of Isaiah 11:6-9 and 55:11-13 was created specifically for this anonymous shape note tune (whose name is Hebrew for “listener”). The movement from near rhymes in stanza one to exact rhymes in stanza two reinforces the theme of fulfilled prophecy.


Media
Audio recording: Audio (MP3)
More media are available on the text authority and tune authority pages.

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.