Isaiah 52 · Verse 12

Isaiah 52:12

For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.
Isaiah 52:12, King James Version

Isaiah 52:12 in other translations

BSBFor you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard.
WEBFor 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.
ASVFor ye shall not go out in haste, neither shall ye go by flight: for Jehovah will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rearward.
YLTFor not in haste do ye go out, Yea, with flight ye go not on, For going before you is Jehovah, And gathering you is the God of Israel!
DARBYFor ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight; for Jehovah will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear-guard.
BBEFor you will not go out suddenly, and you will not go in flight: for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will come after you to keep you.
WebsterFor ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rear-ward.

What does Isaiah 52:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. not ... with haste--as when ye left Egypt (Ex 12:33, 39; De 16:3; compare Note, see on Is 28:16). Ye shall have time to cleanse yourselves and make deliberate preparation for departure. Lord--Jehovah, as your Leader in front (Is 40:3; Ex 23:20; Mi 2:13). rereward--literally, "gather up," that is, to bring up the rear of your host. The transition is frequent from the glory of Messiah in His advent to reign, to His humiliation in His advent to suffer. Indeed, so are both advents accounted one, that He is not said, in His second coming, to be about to return, but to come.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 52:1-12

The welcome news of Christ's kingdom. (Is. 52:1-12) The humiliation of the Messiah. (Is. 52:13-15) Verses 1-12 The gospel proclaims liberty to those bound with fears. Let those weary and heavy laden under the burden of sin, find relief in Christ, shake themselves from the dust of their doubts and fears, and loose themselves from those bands. The price paid by the Redeemer for our salvation, was not silver or gold…

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Isaiah 52:12 in the original Hebrew

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כִּ֣יkiforH3588
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
בְחִפָּזוֹן֙ve.chi.pa.zOnin hasteH2649
תֵּצֵ֔אוּte.Tze.'uyou will go outH3318
וּבִמְנוּסָ֖הu.vim.nu.Sahand in flightH4499
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תֵלֵכ֑וּןte.le.Khunyou will go !H1980
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
הֹלֵ֤ךְho.Lekh[will be] goingH1980
לִפְנֵיכֶם֙lif.nei.Khem<to> before youH6440
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וּמְאַסִּפְכֶ֖םu.me.'a.sif.Khemand [will be] rearguard yourH622
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃\ \סYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 52:12

  • Isaiah 58:8

    Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.

  • Deuteronomy 20:4

    For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

  • Exodus 14:19-20

    And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

  • Exodus 13:21-22

    And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

  • Isaiah 45:2

    I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

  • Micah 2:13

    The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.

  • Exodus 12:11

    And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord’s passover.

  • 1 Chronicles 14:15

    And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

  • Numbers 10:25

    And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

  • Judges 4:14

    And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the Lord gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ye shall.
28:16; 51:14; Ex 12:33,39; 14:8
for.
45:2; Ex 13:21,22; 14:19,20; De 20:4; Jud 4:14; 1Ch 14:15; Mic 2:13
the God.
58:8; Nu 10:25
be your reward. Heb. gather you up.

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Context

  • Isaiah 52:11

    Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.

  • Isaiah 52:12

    For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.

  • Isaiah 52:13

    Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

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Isaiah 52:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque no saldréis apresurados, ni iréis huyendo; porque Jehová irá delante de vosotros, y os congregará el Dios de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car vous ne sortirez pas avec précipitation et vous n’irez pas comme des fugitifs; car l’ Éternel ira devant vous, et le Dieu d’Israël sera votre arrière-garde.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn nicht in Hast sollt ihr ausziehen, und nicht in Flucht weggehen; denn Jehova zieht vor euch her, und eure Nachhut ist der Gott Israels.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quoniam non in tumultu exibitis, nec in fuga properabitis; præcedet enim vos Dominus, et congregabit vos Deus Israël.