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11 Go now, leave your bonds and slavery. Put Babylon and all it represents far behind you—it is unclean to you. You are the holy people of the Lord; purify yourselves, all you who carry home the vessels of the Lord. 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 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.

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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  1. Isaiah 52:13 Or will prosper