Isaia 52:12

12 Perciocchè voi non uscirete in fretta, e non camminerete in fuga; imperocchè il Signore andrà dinanzi a voi, e l’Iddio d’Israele sarà la vostra retroguardia.

Isaia 52:12 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 52:12

For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight
As persons afraid of their enemies, of being pursued, overtaken, and detained by them; privily or by stealth, like fugitives, as the Oriental versions render it; in like manner as the Israelites went out of Egypt: but it signifies, that they should go out openly, boldly, quietly, and safely, and without fear of their enemies; yea, their enemies rather being afraid of them. So the witnesses, when they shall rise, will ascend to heaven in the sight of their enemies; which will be followed with a great slaughter of some, and the terror of others, ( Revelation 11:12 Revelation 11:13 ) : for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your
rearward;
the Lord will be their Captain, and will lead the van, so that they shall follow in order, and without any tumult or fear; and though they shall make all necessary dispatch, yet no more haste than good speed; the Lord, going before, will check all tumultuous and disorderly motions; and he also will bring up the rear, so that they shall be in no fear of the enemy attacking them behind, and where generally the weaker and more feeble part are; but the Lord will be gathering them up, or closing them, as the word ^F17 signifies; so that they shall be in the utmost safety, and march out of Babylon with the greatest ease and freedom, without any molestation or disturbance. The allusion may be to the Lord's going before, and sometimes behind Israel, in a pillar of fire and cloud by night and day, as they passed through the wilderness.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (Mkpoam) , (o episunagwn umav) , Sept.; "colligens vos", Montanus; "congregabit vos", V. L. Syr. Ar.

Isaia 52:12 In-Context

10 Il Signore ha tratto fuori il braccio della sua santità, alla vista di tutte le genti; e tutte le estremità della terra hanno veduta la salute del nostro Dio.

11 Dipartitevi, dipartitevi, uscite di là, non toccate cosa alcuna immonda; uscite del mezzo di quella; purificatevi, voi che portate i vasi del Signore.

12 Perciocchè voi non uscirete in fretta, e non camminerete in fuga; imperocchè il Signore andrà dinanzi a voi, e l’Iddio d’Israele sarà la vostra retroguardia.

13 ECCO, il mio Servitore prospererà, egli sarà grandemente innalzato, esaltato, e reso eccelso.

14 Siccome molti sono stati stupefatti di te, tanto l’aspetto di esso era sformato, in maniera che non somigliava più un uomo; ed il suo sembiante, in maniera ch’egli non somigliava più uno d’infra i figliuoli degli uomini;