Isaiah 52:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For you shall not go out in haste, and you shall not go in flight, for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 14:15

When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then go out to battle, for God has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”

Exodus 12:11

This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the Passover of the Lord.

Exodus 12:33

The Egyptians urged the people to hasten their departure from the land, for they said, “We shall all be dead.”

Exodus 12:39

They baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt; it was not leavened, because they were driven out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.

Exodus 14:8

The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the Israelites, who were going out boldly.

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the righteous is level; straight is the path of the righteous that you clear.

Isaiah 28:16

therefore thus says the Lord God, “See, I am laying in Zion a foundation stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: ‘One who trusts will not panic.’

Isaiah 42:16

I will lead the blind by a road they do not know; by paths they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, and I will not forsake them.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron;

Isaiah 49:10

they shall not hunger or thirst, neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them down, for he who has pity on them will lead them and by springs of water will guide them.

Isaiah 49:11

And I will turn all my mountains into a road, and my highways shall be raised up.

Isaiah 51:14

The oppressed shall speedily be released; they shall not die and go down to the Pit, nor shall they lack bread.

Isaiah 57:18

I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will lead them and repay them with comfort,

Isaiah 58:8

Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

Micah 2:13

The one who breaks out will go up before them; they will break through and pass the gate, going out by it. Their king will pass on before them, the Lord at their head.

Numbers 10:25

Then the standard of the camp of Dan, acting as the rear guard of all the camps, set out, company by company, and over the whole company was Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

Deuteronomy 16:3

You must not eat with it anything leavened. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it—the bread of affliction—because you came out of the land of Egypt in great haste, so that all the days of your life you may remember the day of your departure from the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 20:4

for it is the Lord your God who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to give you victory.’

Joshua 4:11

As soon as all the people had finished crossing over, the ark of the Lord and the priests crossed over to the front of the people.

Joshua 6:9

And the armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets; the rear guard came after the ark, while the trumpets blew continually.

Judges 4:14

Then Deborah said to Barak, “Up! For this is the day on which the Lord has given Sisera into your hand. Has not the Lord gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand warriors following him.