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11 So leave Babylon!
    Leave that place!
Priests, you carry the things that belong to the Lord.
    So make yourselves pure.
    Don’t touch anything that is not pure.
12 You will leave Babylon,
    but they will not force you to leave in a hurry.
    You will not be forced to run away.
The Lord will be in front of you.
    The God of Israel will be behind you.[a]

God’s Suffering Servant

13 The Lord says, “Look, my servant will succeed in what he has to do, and he will be raised to a position of high honor.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:12 The Lord … behind you This shows that God will protect his people. Compare Ex. 14:19, 20.

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)

The Suffering and Glory of the Servant

13 See, my servant(H) will act wisely[a];
    he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:13 Or will prosper