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Verses 10-12 of this chapter represent the climax of the miraculous salvation that Isaiah prophesied for the people. First, there would be a demonstration of God\u2019s strength: \u201cThe LORD will bare His holy arm in the sight of all the nations, and the very ends of earth shall see the victory of our God\u201d (10). That victory would set the conditions for His people, Israel, to leave their places of exile: \u201cTurn, turn away, touch naught unclean as you depart from there; keep pure, as you go forth from there, you who bear the vessels of the LORD!\u201d (11). And, finally, there is the promise of His Providence: \u201cFor you will not depart in haste, nor will you leave in flight; for the LORD is marching before you, the God of Israel is your rear guard\u201d (12).<\/span><\/p>\n

Malbim* elaborated on the miraculous nature of the promised deliverance, pointing out that it would suffice to prove to all who witnessed it that \u201cit was neither accidental nor natural, but divine salvation.\u201d He further explained that God instructed the people to leave the lands of the idolaters, to which they had been exiled, for two reasons:<\/span><\/p>\n

[A] Because that very earth was impure, hence \u201ctouch naught unclean as you depart from there,\u201d i.e., do not touch anything impure because you need to preserve bodily purity. [B] For the sake of the purity of mind and intellect, because it was impossible for them to maintain purity of thought while amongst worshippers of stars and constellations, to wit: \u201ckeep pure, as you go forth from there, you who bear the vessels of the LORD!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

And, finally, Malbim, characteristically, drew a distinction between \u201chaste\u201d and \u201cflight\u201d (12), explaining that one makes haste while going towards a desirable objective, while one flees from something threatening. He illustrated it by comparing the promised deliverance to the historical precedent of the Exodus from Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Exodus from Egypt was carried out in haste\u2026 because they were hastening towards the great benefits of the revelation of His presence in pillars of fire and cloud\u2026 The rest of their journey [ to Sinai] was in flight because the Egyptians were pursuing them. In the future, it will be otherwise\u2026 You will have no need to hasten towards God because He will lead you, and you will have no need to flee from a pursuing enemy because God will be your rear guard.<\/span><\/p>\n

*For the significance of Malbim\u2019s commentary to the Book of Isaiah,<\/span> see our introduction to chapter 1.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","image":false,"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"Haste and Flight","main_caption":"For you will not depart in haste, nor will you leave in flight; for the LORD is marching before you, the God of Israel is your rear guard","main_caption_size":"2","sub_caption":"","preview_embedded":"","preview_image":false,"preview_video":"","external_link":"","link_for_pay":false,"tile_gallery_items":false,"credits":""},"alternate_tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"","hide_media":false},"tile_group":{"preview_image_url":false,"main_caption":"","sub_caption":"","":null,"popup_package_extra_content":"","read_time":""},"home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo":{"seo_title":"","seo_description":"","seo_default_title":"","seo_default_description":""},"links":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68122,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68121\/revisions\/68122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}