1. ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel’
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear’
‘the virgin will give birth and he will be called Immanuel’. Isaiah 7:14

2. ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel’
‘O come, Thou Lord of might
Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai’s height
In ancient times did’st give the Law
In cloud, and majesty and awe’
- Sinai, where the Lord appeared in all his might. Exodus 19-20

3. ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel’
‘O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan’s tyranny
From depths of Hell Thy people save
And give them victory o’er the grave’
Out of the stump of David’s family will grow a shoot—yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root. Isaiah 11:1

4. ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel’
‘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’
‘Day-spring’ = dawn
‘through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. Luke 1:78-79

5. ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel’
‘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.’
‘Day-spring’ = dawn
- ‘The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.’ Isaiah 9:1

6. ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel’
‘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’
‘Day-spring’ = dawn
- ‘I am the Light of the world – whoever comes to me will not walk in darkness but have the light of life’ John 8:12.

7. ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel’
‘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’
He ‘will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open’. Isaiah 22:22