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Isaiah 52:12

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.

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ASV

For ye shall not go out in haste, neither shall ye go by flight: for Jehovah will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rearward.

KJV

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 rereward.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808 →
בְחִפָּזוֹן֙ve.chi.pa.zOnin hasteH2649 →
תֵּצֵ֔אוּte.Tze.'uyou will go outH3318 →
וּבִמְנוּסָ֖הu.vim.nu.Sahand in flightH4499 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
תֵלֵכ֑וּןte.le.Khunyou will go !H1980 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
הֹלֵ֤ךְho.Lekh[will be] goingH1980 →
לִפְנֵיכֶם֙lif.nei.Khem<to> before youH6440 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וּמְאַסִּפְכֶ֖םu.me.'a.sif.Khemand [will be] rearguard yourH622 →
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →

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Deuteronomy 20:4For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”Isaiah 58:8Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.Exodus 14:19–20And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,Exodus 13:21–22And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.Isaiah 45:2“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.Daniel 3:26Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,Micah 2:13One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate, and go out by it. Their King will pass through before them, the LORD as their leader.Exodus 12:11This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.Numbers 33:3On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,Zechariah 9:8But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.1 Chronicles 14:15As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move out to battle, because this will mean that God has marched out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”Numbers 10:25Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.Judges 4:14Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.Exodus 12:39Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.Exodus 12:33And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”Exodus 14:8And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.Isaiah 28:16So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.Isaiah 51:14The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.

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