Isaiah 52:12
For ye shall not go forth with tumult, neither go by flight: for the Lord shall go first in advance of you; and the God of Israel shall be he that brings up your rear.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
13Behold, my servant shall understand, and be exalted, and glorified exceedingly.
Cross References
Exodus 12:33And the Egyptians constrained the people, so that they cast them out of the land with haste, for they said, We all shall die.
Exodus 13:21And God led them, in the day by a pillar of cloud, to show them the way, and in the night by a pillar of fire.
Exodus 14:19And the angel of God that went before the camp of the children of Israel removed and went behind, and the pillar of the cloud also removed from before them and stood behind them.
Deuteronomy 20:4For it is the Lord your God who advances with you, to fight with you against your enemies, and to save you.
Judges 4:14And Deborah said to Barak, Rise up, for this is the day on which the Lord has delivered Sisera into thy hand, for the Lord shall go forth before thee: and Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
Isaiah 28:16therefore thus saith the Lord, even the Lord, Behold, I lay for the foundations of Zion a costly stone, a choice, a cornerstone, a precious stone, for its foundations; and he that believes on him shall by no means be ashamed.
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 →