The Bible as Music

Haggai 2:6-7; Malachi 3:1

⁶ For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

⁷ And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.

¹ Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

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Thus saith the Lord (recitative), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by Philippe Sly, Bass-Baritone; Julian Wachner, Conductor; Trinity Wall Street Baroque Orchestra

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Isaiah 40:5

⁵ And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

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And the glory of the Lord (Chorus), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by the Academy of Ancient Music, VOCES8 Foundation Choir, Apollo5

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Messiah, Edited by Watkins Shaw, Novello Handel Edition. 257 pages

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Isaiah 40:4

⁴ Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:

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Ev’ry valley (air), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by Mark Padmore, London Symphony Orchestra

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Messiah, Edited by Watkins Shaw, Novello Handel Edition. 257 pages

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Isaiah 40:1-3

¹ Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

² Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.

³ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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Comfort ye (recitative), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by tenor Thomas Cooley, Boston Baroque

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Messiah, Edited by Watkins Shaw, Novello Handel Edition. 257 pages

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