Isaiah 52:12-15
Living Bible
12 You shall not leave in haste, running for your lives; for the Lord will go ahead of you, and he, the God of Israel, will protect you from behind.
13 See, my Servant[a] shall prosper; he shall be highly exalted. 14-15 Yet many shall be amazed when they see him—yes, even far-off foreign nations and their kings; they shall stand dumbfounded, speechless in his presence. For they shall see and understand what they had not been told before. They shall see my Servant beaten and bloodied, so disfigured one would scarcely know it was a person standing there. So shall he cleanse[b] many nations.
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- Isaiah 52:13 my Servant. The Servant of the Lord, as the term is used here, is the Messiah, our Lord Jesus. This was the interpretation of this passage by Christ himself, the writers of the New Testament, and orthodox Christianity ever since.
- Isaiah 52:14 cleanse, or “startle.” The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain.
Isaiah 52:12-14
King James Version
12 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 reward.
13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
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Isaiah 52:12-14
New King James Version
12 For (A)you shall not go out with haste,
Nor go by flight;
(B)For the Lord will go before you,
(C)And the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
The Sin-Bearing Servant
13 Behold, (D)My Servant shall [a]deal prudently;
(E)He shall be exalted and [b]extolled and be very high.
14 Just as many were astonished at you,
So His (F)visage[c] was marred more than any man,
And His form more than the sons of men;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 52:13 prosper
- Isaiah 52:13 Lit. be lifted up
- Isaiah 52:14 appearance
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