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Isaiah 52:12 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For you shall not go out in haste, neither shall you go by flight; for the LORD will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard. "
Isaiah 52:12
Verse in Context
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10 The LORD has made his holy arm bare in the eyes of all the nations. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
11 Depart! Depart! Go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Go out from among her! Cleanse yourselves, you who carry the LORD’s vessels.
12 For you shall not go out in haste, neither shall you go by flight; for the LORD will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
13 Behold, my servant will deal wisely. He will be exalted and lifted up, and will be very high.
14 Just as many were astonished at you— his appearance was marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men—
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Isaiah 52:1
"Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion. Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city, for from now on the uncircumcised and the unclean will no more come into you."
Isaiah 52:2
"Shake yourself from the dust! Arise, sit up, Jerusalem! Release yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion!"
Isaiah 52:3
"For the LORD says, “You were sold for nothing; and you will be redeemed without money.”"
Isaiah 52:4
"For the Lord GOD says: “My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there; and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause."
Isaiah 52:5
"“Now therefore, what do I do here,” says the LORD, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock,” says the LORD, “and my name is blasphemed continually all day long."
Isaiah 52:6
"Therefore my people shall know my name. Therefore they shall know in that day that I am he who speaks. Behold, it is I.”"
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