NCH 13
O come, O come, Emmanuel!
Hymn Text
Verse 1
O come, O come, Emmanuel!
and ransom captive Israel.
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God ap-pear.
Rejoice, rejoice, O Israel
To thee shall come Emmanuel
and ransom captive Israel.
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God ap-pear.
Rejoice, rejoice, O Israel
To thee shall come Emmanuel
Verse 2
O come, thou rod of Jesse! Free
Thine own from satan's tyranny:
From depths of hell thy people save,
And give them victr'y o'er the grave.
Rejoice, rejoice, O Israel
To thee shall come Emmanuel
Thine own from satan's tyranny:
From depths of hell thy people save,
And give them victr'y o'er the grave.
Rejoice, rejoice, O Israel
To thee shall come Emmanuel
Verse 3
O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by thine advent here,
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to tlignt
Rejoice, rejoice, O Israel
To thee shall come Emmanuel
Our spirits by thine advent here,
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to tlignt
Rejoice, rejoice, O Israel
To thee shall come Emmanuel
Verse 4
O come, thou key of David, come
And open wide our heav'nly here
Make safe the way that leads on high.
And close the path to misery
Rejoice, rejoice, O Israel
To thee shall come Emmanuel
And open wide our heav'nly here
Make safe the way that leads on high.
And close the path to misery
Rejoice, rejoice, O Israel
To thee shall come Emmanuel
Verse 5
O come, thou key of David, come
A world that needs thee ransoming:
And save thy servants who confess,
With humbled hearts, their faithlessness.
Rejoice, rejoice, O Israel
To thee shall come Emmanuel
A world that needs thee ransoming:
And save thy servants who confess,
With humbled hearts, their faithlessness.
Rejoice, rejoice, O Israel
To thee shall come Emmanuel
Verse 6
O come, thou Daystar seen on high,
With healing for our hearts draw nigh;
Do thou the mists of night dispel,
And death's foreboding darkness quell.
Rejoice, rejoice, O Israel
To thee shall come Emmanuel
With healing for our hearts draw nigh;
Do thou the mists of night dispel,
And death's foreboding darkness quell.
Rejoice, rejoice, O Israel
To thee shall come Emmanuel
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