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Hear what the voice from heav'n proclaims Hymn 18

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 18, under Revelation 14:13.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 18

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 3 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Revelation 14:13 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 3 stanzas as Watts printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

2 echoes in 12 lines.

AMONG THE SCRIPTURES

The stanzas at the centre; around them, every book its heading and its echoes come from, Old Testament on the left and New on the right. Choose a stanza or a book.

a line echoes this verse its heading or an echo comes from here

STANZA I

Hear what the voice from heav'n proclaims

Hear what the voice from heav'n proclaims,

For all the pious dead;

Sweet is the savor of their names,

And soft their sleeping bed.

No line of this stanza quotes a verse closely; it is the hymn's own confession.

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under Revelation 14:13. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.” REVELATION 14:13 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ REVELATION 14

They die in Jesus, and are blest; How kind their slumbers are! From suff'rings and from sins released, And freed from every snare. STANZA II

Its place in the book

Book I of the hymn book, “Collected from the Holy Scriptures”, holds these hymns in this order: 179 hymns. This is number 18. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 18 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Hear what the voice from heav'n proclaims

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