Isaiah 52:11
9 Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
10 The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
12 For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard.
13 Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Depart! Depart! Go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Go out from among her! Cleanse yourselves, you who carry the LORD’s vessels.
- ASV
- Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, ye that bear the vessels of Jehovah.
- DARBY
- Depart, depart, go out from thence, touch not what is unclean; go out of the midst of her, be ye clean, that bear the vessels of Jehovah.
- BLB
- Turn aside, turn aside! Go out from there! An unclean [thing] you⁺ will not touch! Go out from her midst, purify yourselves, ones bearing the vessels of YHWH.
- ÅB
- Avsted, avsted! Dra ut derfra[^1]! Rør ikke ved noe urent! Dra ut derfra! Rens dere, dere som bærer Herrens kar!
- OTB
- Gå bort, gå bort, gå ut derfra! Rør ikke noe urent! Kom ut fra hennes midte, vær rene, dere som bærer Herrens kar.
- B1930
- Avsted, avsted! Dra ut derfra! Rør ikke ved noget urent! Dra ut derfra! Rens eder, I som bærer Herrens kar! / < fra Babel.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 6:17
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
Read in contextZechariah 2:6–7
“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextEphesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
Read in contextIsaiah 48:20
Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
Read in contextIsaiah 1:16
Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
Read in contextLeviticus 10:3
Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.
Read in contextHaggai 2:13–14
So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.
Read in contextEzra 1:7–11
King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his gods.
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