Isa 52:10-12 | JFB | STEP | 10. made bare ... arm-- metaphor from warriors who bare their arm for battle ( ). all ... earth ... see ... salvation of ... God-- The deliverance wrought by God for Israel will cause all nations to acknowledge the Lord ( ). The partial fulfilment ( ) is a forerunner of the future complete fulfilment.

‏ Isaiah 52:10-12

10. made bare ... arm--metaphor from warriors who bare their arm for battle (Eze 4:7).

all ... earth ... see ... salvation of ... God--The deliverance wrought by God for Israel will cause all nations to acknowledge the Lord (Is 66:18-20). The partial fulfilment (Lu 3:6) is a forerunner of the future complete fulfilment.

11. (Is 48:20; Zec 2:6, 7). Long residence in Babylon made many loath to leave it: so as to mystical Babylon (Re 18:4).

ye ... that bear ... vessels of the Lord--the priests and Levites, whose office it was to carry the vessels of the temple (Jr 27:18). Nebuchadnezzar had carried them to Babylon (2Ch 36:18). Cyrus restored them (Ezr 1:7-11).

be ... clean--by separating yourselves wholly from Babylonian idolaters, mystical and literal.

12. not ... with haste--as when ye left Egypt (Ex 12:33, 39; De 16:3; compare Note, see on Is 28:16). Ye shall have time to cleanse yourselves and make deliberate preparation for departure.

Lord--Jehovah, as your Leader in front (Is 40:3; Ex 23:20; Mi 2:13).

rereward--literally, "gather up," that is, to bring up the rear of your host. The transition is frequent from the glory of Messiah in His advent to reign, to His humiliation in His advent to suffer. Indeed, so are both advents accounted one, that He is not said, in His second coming, to be about to return, but to come.