#331: As the Deer Runs to the River
Jul. 5th, 2020 11:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lutheranhymnsThe verses allude to different narratives about God's love being like water, which isn't always a Lenten theme, but shows up in (for instance) the Woman at the Well story. And the story of God providing the Israelites with water in the desert ties back to the "forty years in the wilderness" motif which is also alluded to in Lent.
The book of Isaiah is often alluded to because of its vivid prophetic images, but the prophet himself is not often namedropped as an individual/source of dialogue like he is here. (This isn't an absolute, there's at least one other hymn about Isaiah that we'll get to probably fairly late in the blog.)
The book of Isaiah is often alluded to because of its vivid prophetic images, but the prophet himself is not often namedropped as an individual/source of dialogue like he is here. (This isn't an absolute, there's at least one other hymn about Isaiah that we'll get to probably fairly late in the blog.)
