Saturday, December 17, 2011
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
Refrain:
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, Thou Wisdom from on high,
Who orderest all things mightily;
To us the path of knowledge show,
And teach us in her ways to go.
Refrain
O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan’s tyranny;
From depths of hell Thy people save,
And give them victory over the grave.
Refrain
O come, Thou Day-spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death’s dark shadows put to flight.
Refrain
O come, Thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
Refrain
O come, O come, great Lord of might,
Who to Thy tribes on Sinai’s height
In ancient times once gave the law
In cloud and majesty and awe.
Refrain
O come, Thou Root of Jesse’s tree,
An ensign of Thy people be;
Before Thee rulers silent fall;
All peoples on Thy mercy call.
Refrain
O come, Desire of nations, bind
In one the hearts of all mankind;
Bid Thou our sad divisions cease,
And be Thyself our King of Peace.
Refrain
Like many traditional "American" things, this song was put together from a hodgepodge of different sources (The US isn't called the World's Melting Pot for nothing). A big chunk of it is translated from the Latin Veni, veni Emanuel. It refers to several passages in the Bible's Old Testament, where God has promised the nation of Israel a Savior. Christians (us included) believe this Savior is Jesus (the Christ, or Emmanuel), and the Christmas season is the celebration of His birth and our salvation. The words "rod of Jesse, root of Jesse, key of David, etc" are all references to the fact that Christ's genealogy shows that his ancestors included one of Israel's great kings, David, and David's father Jesse.
If you wanna look any of this up in the Bible, www.hymntime.com has a good list.
If you wanna look any of this up in the Bible, www.hymntime.com has a good list.
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