Isaiah 52:12
For ye shall not go out in haste, nor shall ye go by flight. For LORD will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rearward.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
13Behold, my servant shall deal wisely. He shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.
Cross References
Exodus 12:33And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, We are all dead men.
Exodus 13:21And LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night.
Exodus 14:19And the agent of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them.
Deuteronomy 20:4For LORD your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
Judges 4:14And Deborah said to Barak, Up, for this is the day in which LORD has delivered Sisera into thy hand. Has not LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
Isaiah 28:16Therefore thus says lord LORD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-[stone], a sure foundation. He who believes in him shall, no, not be shamed (LXX/NT).
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 52:8-13
The Approach of the Messiah. ( b. c. 706.) 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! 8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion. 9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath… Read the whole commentary →