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Isaiah 52:11

Depart ye, depart ye, the Lord urges the returning Jews, go ye out from thence, from the midst of idolatrous Babylon, touch no unclean thing, anything connected with idolatry; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord, namely, those belonging to the Temple, which the exiles took back with them to Jerusalem. Cf Ezra 1:7. The expression refers to the need of consecration in the Lord's work in all times, under all circumstances.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 52:11. _DEPART YE, DEPART YE, GO YE OUT FROM THENCE_] The Prophet Jeremiah seems to have had his eye on this passage of Isaiah, and to have applied it to a subject directly opposite. It...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    DEPART YE, DEPART YE - This is a direct address to the exiles in their captivity. The same command occurs in Isaiah 48:20 (see the notes on that place). It is repeated here for the sake of emphasis; a...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 52 Zion Awakening and the Coming of the Lord (It is unfortunate that Isaiah 52:1 is detached from chapter 51 and that the last 3 verses of chapter 52 are detached from the chapter which follo...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 51:17 TO ISAIAH 52:12. THE SORROW OF JERUSALEM, WHICH SHALL GIVE PLACE TO JOY. Isaiah 51:17. The prophet, obviously familiar with the vision of...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DEPART YE. Note the Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_. Compare Revelation 18:4. Quoted (in application for us to-day) in 2 Corinthians 6:14....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Isaiah 51:17 to Isaiah 52:12. The Lord will turn the Captivity of Zion The three oracles into which this passage naturally falls are these: (1) Isaiah 51:17. The prophet, returning to the thought wit...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The return of Jehovah to Zion....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    A summons to the exiles to prepare for their departure from Babylon (cf. Isaiah 48:20-21). These are to accompany Jehovah in his triumphal "return to Zion" (see on ch. Isaiah 40:10-11). _go ye out fro...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    DEPART YE, &C.— They who compose the true church are set forth in this apostrophe, as in the communion of a certain polluted people and state. They are commanded to separate themselves from this peopl...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    b. REVELATION TEXT: Isaiah 52:7-12 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth sal...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. DEPART YE, GO YE OUT FROM THENCE - (; Zechariah 2...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    52:11 vessels (a-26) Elsewhere 'utensils.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    NO UNCLEAN _THING_] cp. v....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1, 2. Zion invited to array herself as a queen and sit enthroned, freed from the presence of heathen foes, and with her children restored from captivity....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 52 GOD WILL RESCUE *JERUSALEM V1 Awake, awake, inhabitants of *Jerusalem! Be strong an...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Babylon’s ‘wicked connections’ refer to the *worship of *idols (see 2 Corinthians 6:14-17)....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    DEPART YE... — The command is addressed to the exiles in Babylon. They are not to plunder or carry off spoil that would render them unclean. They are to bring only “the vessels of Jehovah,” _i.e.,_ th...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    ס֤וּרוּ ס֨וּרוּ֙ צְא֣וּ מִ שָּׁ֔ם טָמֵ֖א אַל

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “THY GOD REIGNETH!” Isaiah 52:1-15 It is not God that has become lethargic; but _we_ that have slept and need to awake. Being awakened, we discover that two sets of attire are waiting for us: First,...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The second message (verses Isa 52:1-6) calls on Zion to awake and put on her strength and her beautiful garments, because she is to be cleansed of all internal defilement. Though she had been sold int...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (k) Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from there, touch no unclean [thing]; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that (l) bear the vessels of the LORD. (k) He warns the faithful not to pollute t...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Lord, the Levites departing from Babylon, 1 Esdras i. 7., and Numbers iii. 6., and iv. 5., &c. (Calmet) --- St. Paul proves hence that communication with infidels in spiritual things is always unlawf...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    11._Depart ye, depart ye. _He now exhorts the people to be always ready to set out, and at the same time to bear their misery with patience. As the excessive haste of the people needed to be restraine...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 51 AND 52. The application is found in Chapter s 51 and 52 to the end of Verse 12 (Isaiah 52:1-12), and that to the remnant of Israel. In Isaiah 51:13 a fresh...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    DEPART YE, DEPART YE,.... Not from Jerusalem, as some, for that is now said to be redeemed, and its waste places made joyful; but Babylon, even mystical Babylon. The Targum is, "be ye separated, be ye...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 11. _Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out, &c._]...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Depart ye, go ye out from thence_ Out of Babylon into your own land, that there I may meet with you, and bless you, and perform those further and greater things for you which I have promised to do th...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-12 The gospel proclaims liberty to those bound with fears. Let those weary and heavy laden under the burden of sin, find relief in Christ, shake themselves from the dust of their doubts and fears,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 52:11 Depart H5493 (H8798) Depart H5493 (H8798) out H3318 (H8798) Touch H5060 (H8799) unclean...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOOD NEWS OF YAHWEH'S DELIVERANCE; THE MESSAGE IS TO BE TAKEN TO THE WORLD (ISAIAH 52:7). Isaiah is so confident that God will deliver His people, that he already visualises Go...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Vision of Jerusalem in the Kingdom age. Jehovah's servant marred and afterward exalted. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Let God's people prepare for eternal joy, for His Word shall wi...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 52:1. _There shall no more come to thee the uncircumcised._ The temple being often profaned after the captivity, this prophecy must have an ultimate reference to the glory of the church in the...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Depart ye_ A PEREMPTORY, YET ENCOURAGING CALL 1. Thus peremptorily were the Jewish exiles called home. Nearly three generations had fled since their fathers had been forcibly settled on the plains...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice_ THE RETURN FROM EXILE From the glowing periods of this paragraph we can reconstruct the picture of the return from exile, as it presented itself to the seer. I...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    A DIVINE CALL TO FORSAKE THE WORLDLY LIFE Isaiah 52:11. _Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, &c._ The prophet directly addresses those who were in exile in Babylon, and commands them to “dep...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 1:14; 1 Peter 2:11; 1 Peter 2:5; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Acts 1

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Depart — Out of Babylon. Touch — Carry not along with you any of their superstitions or idolatries. Ye — And especially your priests and Levites, who minister in holy things, and carry the holy vessel...

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