Seemly and Unseemly Haste
Isaiah 52:12
For you 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 rear guard.


They were to go with a diligent haste, not to lose time nor linger as Lot in Sodom; but they were not to go with a diffident, distrustful haste, as if they were afraid of being pursued, as when they came out of Egypt, or of having the orders for their release recalled and countermanded.

( M. Henry.)



Parallel Verses
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.

WEB: For you shall not go out in haste, neither shall you go by flight: for Yahweh will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.




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