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.
You won't have to leave in a hurry or run away in fear, because the LORD will go ahead of you, and the God of Israel will protect you from behind.
God is promising that His people won't need to flee in panic because He will lead them forward and guard them from behind.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is from the prophet Isaiah, who was addressing the people of Judah during the threat of exile to Babylon in the 8th-7th centuries BC, as a judgment for their unfaithfulness to God. It promises a future deliverance where their return from captivity would not be a panicked escape like the Exodus from Egypt, but a protected journey led by God. This reflects the historical context of the Babylonian exile around 586 BC and the eventual restoration under Persian rule in 538 BC.
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