11 Depart,(A) depart, go out from there!
    Touch no unclean thing!(B)
Come out from it and be pure,(C)
    you who carry the articles(D) of the Lord’s house.
12 But you will not leave in haste(E)
    or go in flight;
for the Lord will go before you,(F)
    the God of Israel will be your rear guard.(G)

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11 Leave! Leave! Get out of there!
Don’t touch anything unclean!
Get out of it!
Stay pure, you who carry the Lord’s holy items.[a]
12 Yet do not depart quickly
or leave in a panic.[b]
For the Lord goes before you;
the God of Israel is your rear guard.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:11 tn Heb “the vessels of the Lord” (so KJV, NAB).
  2. Isaiah 52:12 tn Heb “or go in flight”; NAB “leave in headlong flight.”