Isaiah 52:11

Depart ye, depart ye; come ye out from there; 1 touch not tameh (unclean thing); 1 come ye out of the midst of her; 1 be ye clean, that carry the k'lei Hashem. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10Hashem hath made bare His zero'a kedoshah + 52:10 See Isa 53:1 1 in the eyes of Kol HaGoyim; 1 and all the ends of ha'aretz 1 shall see the Yeshu'at Eloheinu. 1

12For ye shall not go out with haste, 1 nor go by flight; 1 for Hashem will go before you; 1 and Elohei Yisroel will be your rearguard. + 52:12 Avdi Tzemach Moshiach Zech 3:8 will be exalted; but He must do the work of a kohen Ps 110:4 regarding the nations, sprinkling them (see Lv 4:16-17; 16:14 ); so yazzeh (“He [Moshiach] will sprinkle” many goyim; note: hiphil of naza, “splatter,” meaning “sprinkle”); see Zech 9:9-11 where Moshiach comes with the dahm and the Brit (Covenant)! Here in Isa 52:15 , the covenant dahm (blood) is sprinkled upon the nations of the world; the King of Kings shall shut the mouths of the kings of all the earth. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 5:2Or if a nefesh touch anything tamei (unclean), whether it be a nivlat chayyah teme'ah (carcass of an unclean beast), or a nivlat behemah teme'ah (carcass of unclean livestock), or the nivlat sheretz tamei (carcass of unclean creeping things), and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be tamei, and guilty.

Leviticus 11:26Every beast which spliteth the hooves, and is not completely split, nor cheweth the cud, are temei'im unto you; every one that toucheth them shall be tamei.

Leviticus 11:47To make a divide + 11:47 lehavdil; to make a distinction, separation between the tamei and the tahor, and between the beast that may be and the beast that may not be eaten.

Leviticus 21:6They shall be kedoshim unto Eloheihem, and not commit Chillul ha-shem against the Shem of Eloheihem; for the offerings of Hashem made by eish and the lechem of Eloheihem they do offer; therefore they shall be kodesh.

Numbers 16:26And he spoke unto HaEdah, saying, Move back, now, from the tents of these anashim resha'im, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their chattot.

Ezra 1:7Also HaMelech Koresh brought forth the vessels of the Beis Hashem, which Nevukhadnetzar had carried off out of Yerushalayim, and had put them in the bais (temple) of his g-ds;

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 →

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