Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 52:12
Not by flight — But securely, and in triumph, being conducted by your great captain the Lord of hosts. Rereward — So that none shall be able either to oppose you in your march, or to fall upon you in the rear.
Not by flight — But securely, and in triumph, being conducted by your great captain the Lord of hosts. Rereward — So that none shall be able either to oppose you in your march, or to fall upon you in the rear.
FOR YE SHALL NOT GO OUT WITH HASTE - As if driven out, or compelled to flee. You shall not go from Babylon as your fathers went from Egypt, in a rapid flight, and in a confused and tumultuous manner ...
CHAPTER 52 Zion Awakening and the Coming of the Lord (It is unfortunate that Isaiah 52:1 is detached from chapter 51 and that the last 3 verses of chapter 52 are detached from the chapter which follo...
ISAIAH 51:17 TO ISAIAH 52:12. THE SORROW OF JERUSALEM, WHICH SHALL GIVE PLACE TO JOY. Isaiah 51:17. The prophet, obviously familiar with the vision of...
YE SHALL NOT GO OUT WITH HASTE. Reference to Pentateuch, where it was otherwise (only here, Exodus 12:33; Exodus 12:39, and Deuteronomy 16:3). THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on...
Isaiah 51:17 to Isaiah 52:12. The Lord will turn the Captivity of Zion The three oracles into which this passage naturally falls are these: (1) Isaiah 51:17. The prophet, returning to the thought wit...
The return of Jehovah to Zion....
A summons to the exiles to prepare for their departure from Babylon (cf. Isaiah 48:20-21). These are to accompany Jehovah in his triumphal "return to Zion" (see on ch. Isaiah 40:10-11). _go ye out fro...
Unlike the former exodus, the departure is to take place deliberately and in perfect security, without _haste_(Exodus 12:11; Deuteronomy 16:3), a representation differing somewhat from Isaiah 48:20. t...
DEPART YE, &C.— They who compose the true church are set forth in this apostrophe, as in the communion of a certain polluted people and state. They are commanded to separate themselves from this peopl...
b. REVELATION TEXT: Isaiah 52:7-12 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 sal...
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. FOR YE SHALL NOT GO OUT WITH HASTE - as when ye left Egypt (; ; :...
1, 2. Zion invited to array herself as a queen and sit enthroned, freed from the presence of heathen foes, and with her children restored from captivity....
WITH HASTE, etc.] in contrast to the exodus from Egypt (Exodus 12:39). REREWARD] i.e. rearguard....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 52 GOD WILL RESCUE *JERUSALEM V1 Awake, awake, inhabitants of *Jerusalem! Be strong an...
God’s people will leave in a calm manner. This will show their complete confidence in the *Lord. All the nations will notice their quiet attitude. THE *LORD’S SERVANT WILL SUFFER, BUT HE WILL SUCCEED...
YE SHALL NOT GO OUT WITH HASTE... — The words contrast the exodus from Babylon with that from Egypt (Exodus 12:39; Deuteronomy 16:3). In the essential point, however, of Divine protection, the resembl...
כִּ֣י לֹ֤א בְ חִפָּזֹון֙ תֵּצֵ֔אוּ וּ בִ
BOOK 4 THE RESTORATION WE have now reached the summit of our prophecy. It has been a long, steep ascent, and we have had very much to seek out on the way, and to extricate and solve and load ourselv...
“THY GOD REIGNETH!” Isaiah 52:1-15 It is not God that has become lethargic; but _we_ that have slept and need to awake. Being awakened, we discover that two sets of attire are waiting for us: First,...
The second message (verses Isa 52:1-6) calls on Zion to awake and put on her strength and her beautiful garments, because she is to be cleansed of all internal defilement. Though she had been sold int...
For ye shall not go out (m) with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel [will be] your rear guard. (m) As your fathers did out of Egypt....
12._For not in haste shall ye go out. _The Prophet again magnifies that benefit of redemption, for it appeared to be incredible, so deep was the despair with which almost all of them had been seized;...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 51 AND 52. The application is found in Chapter s 51 and 52 to the end of Verse 12 (Isaiah 52:1-12), and that to the remnant of Israel. In Isaiah 51:13 a fresh...
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...
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. Ver. 12. _For ye shall not go out with haste._] Neither with frig...
_Depart ye, go ye out from thence_ Out of Babylon into your own land, that there I may meet with you, and bless you, and perform those further and greater things for you which I have promised to do th...
For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight, in a precipitate hurry, as at the time of the exodus from Egypt; FOR THE LORD WILL GO BEFORE YOU, their Ruler Himself being their guide, AND THE G...
THE MESSENGERS OF REDEMPTION...
BE YOUR REREWARD: _ Heb._ gather you up...
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,...
FOR YE SHALL NOT GO OUT WITH HASTE, NOR GO BY FLIGHT; but securely, and in triumph, being conducted by your great Captain, the Lord of hosts. And therefore you will have both the greater obligation, a...
Isaiah 52:12 out H3318 (H8799) haste H2649 go H3212 (H8799) flight H4499 LORD H3068 go H1980 ...
THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOOD NEWS OF YAHWEH'S DELIVERANCE; THE MESSAGE IS TO BE TAKEN TO THE WORLD (ISAIAH 52:7). Isaiah is so confident that God will deliver His people, that he already visualises Go...
FOR YE SHALL Contrast (Exodus 12:33); (Exodus 12:39)....
Isaiah 52:12 I. Consider the essentially symbolic character of the captivities and deliverances of the Jewish people. The history of Israel is the Divine key to the history of man. In that history the...
CONTENTS: Vision of Jerusalem in the Kingdom age. Jehovah's servant marred and afterward exalted. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Let God's people prepare for eternal joy, for His Word shall wi...
Isaiah 52:1. _There shall no more come to thee the uncircumcised._ The temple being often profaned after the captivity, this prophecy must have an ultimate reference to the glory of the church in the...
_For ye shall not go out with haste_ SEEMLY AND UNSEEMLY HASTE They were to go with a diligent haste, not to lose time nor linger as Lot in Sodom; but they were not to go with a diffident, distrustf...
_Depart ye_ A PEREMPTORY, YET ENCOURAGING CALL 1. Thus peremptorily were the Jewish exiles called home. Nearly three generations had fled since their fathers had been forcibly settled on the plains...
_Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice_ THE RETURN FROM EXILE From the glowing periods of this paragraph we can reconstruct the picture of the return from exile, as it presented itself to the seer. I...
THE VANGUARD AND REREWARD OF THE CHURCH Isaiah 52:12. _For ye shall not go out with haste, &c._ God’s salvation is a great salvation, because of its Divine origin, and because of the original dignity...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 52:1 FURTHER ADDRESS OF THE PROPHET TO JERUSALEM. Zion is exhorted to rise from the dust, throw off her bonds, and assert her freedom (Isaiah 52:1
Now again God cries for them. Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem (Isaiah 52:1), There's a day coming of just, "Put on your glorious garments and ge...
1 Chronicles 14:15; Deuteronomy 20:4; Exodus 12:33; Exodus 12:39;...