Isaiah 52:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Come out from it and be pure, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ס֤וּרוּ ס֙וּרוּ֙ צְא֣וּ מִשָּׁ֔ם טָמֵ֖א אַל־תִּגָּ֑עוּ צְא֣וּ מִתּוֹכָ֔הּ הִבָּ֕רוּ נֹשְׂאֵ֖י כְּלֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

sûrû sûrû ṣəʾû mišām ṭāmēʾ ʾal-tiggāʿû ṣəʾû mittôkāh hibbārû nōśəʾê kəlê YHWH

Grammar Details

• *sûrû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - depart
• *ṣəʾû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - go out
• *mišām*: preposition + adverb - from there
• *ṭāmēʾ*: adjective, masculine singular - unclean
• *ʾal-tiggāʿû*: negative particle + verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - do not touch
• *mittôkāh*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - from her midst
• *hibbārû*: verb, niphal imperative, masculine plural - be clean/purify yourselves
• *nōśəʾê*: verb, qal participle, masculine plural construct - bearers of
• *kəlê*: noun, masculine plural construct - vessels of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/the LORD

Word Meanings

• *sûrû*: depart/turn aside/go away
• *ṭāmēʾ*: unclean thing/impure object
• *tiggāʿû*: touch/come in contact with
• *mittôkāh*: from her midst/from inside her
• *hibbārû*: be clean/purify yourselves/cleanse yourselves
• *nōśəʾê* *kəlê*: bearers of vessels/carriers of articles

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Depart, depart, go out from there, touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her; be clean, you who bear the vessels of the LORD.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Depart{H5493} ye, depart{H5493} ye, go ye out{H3318} from thence, touch{H5060} no unclean{H2931} thing; go ye out{H3318} of the midst{H8432} of her; cleanse{H1305} yourselves, ye that bear{H5375} the vessels{H3627} of Jehovah.{H3068}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Depart{H5493}{(H8798)} ye, depart{H5493}{(H8798)} ye, go ye out{H3318}{(H8798)} from thence, touch{H5060}{(H8799)} no unclean{H2931} thing; go ye out{H3318}{(H8798)} of the midst{H8432} of her; be ye clean{H1305}{(H8734)}, that bear{H5375}{(H8802)} the vessels{H3627} of the LORD{H3068}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Awaye, Awaye, get you out fro thence, & touch no vncleane thinge. Go out from amonge soch, And be cleane, ye that beare the vessell of the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Depart, depart ye: goe out from thence and touche no vncleane thing: goe out of the middes of her: be ye cleane, that beare the vessels of the Lord.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Away, away, get you out from hence, and touche no vncleane thyng: Go out from among such, and be cleane that beare the vessell of the Lorde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean [thing]; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Depart you, depart you, go you out from there, touch no unclean thing; go you out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, you who bear the vessels of Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Turn aside, turn aside, go out thence, The unclean touch not, go out from her midst, Be ye pure, who are bearing the weapons of Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, ye that bear the vessels of Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, ye that bear the vessels of Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Away! away! go out from there, touching no unclean thing; go out from among her; be clean, you who take up the vessels of the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Depart, depart, go out from there, touch no unclean thing! Go out of the midst of her! Cleanse yourselves, you who bear the vessels of Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Leave! Leave! Get out of there! Don’t touch anything unclean! Get out of it! Stay pure, you who carry the LORD’s holy items!

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Therefore, 'Come out from among them and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.'
• Isa 48:20 : 20 Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with shouts of joy; proclaim it and make this known to the ends of the earth: The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!
• Jer 50:8 : 8 Flee from Babylon, leave the land of the Chaldeans, and be like male goats leading the flock.
• Zech 2:6-7 : 6 I asked, 'Where are you going?' And he replied, 'To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.' 7 Then behold, the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came to meet him.
• Rev 18:4 : 4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, 'Come out of her, my people, so that you do not share in her sins and so that you do not receive any of her plagues.'
• Ezra 1:7-9 : 7 King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and had placed in the house of his gods. 8 Cyrus, king of Persia, brought them out under the oversight of Mithredath, the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 9 This was their inventory: thirty gold basins, one thousand silver basins, twenty-nine knives, 10 Thirty gold bowls, four hundred and ten silver bowls of a second type, and one thousand other articles. 11 The total number of gold and silver articles was five thousand four hundred. All these Sheshbazzar brought up when the exiles were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
• Ezra 8:25-30 : 25 I weighed out to them the silver, gold, and articles—the offering for the house of our God that the king, his counselors, his officials, and all the Israelites who were present had donated. 26 And I weighed out into their hands 650 talents of silver, 100 silver vessels worth talents, and 100 talents of gold. 27 Also, twenty gold basins worth 1,000 darics, and two vessels of polished bronze, as desirable as gold. 28 I said to them, 'You are holy to the LORD, and the vessels are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your ancestors.' 29 Be diligent and guard them until you weigh them out in the presence of the leading priests, the Levites, and the leaders of the families of Israel in Jerusalem, within the chambers of the house of the LORD. 30 So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver, gold, and vessels to bring them to Jerusalem, to the house of our God.
• Jer 51:6 : 6 Flee from Babylon! Save your lives! Do not perish in her punishment, for it is the time of the Lord's vengeance; He will repay her what she has done.
• Jer 51:45 : 45 Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the Lord.
• Ezek 44:23 : 23 They are to teach My people the difference between what is holy and what is common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.
• Hag 2:13-14 : 13 Then Haggai said, 'If someone defiled by contact with a dead body touches any of these, does it become defiled?' The priests answered, 'It does become defiled.' 14 Then Haggai responded and said, 'So it is with this people, and so it is with this nation before me—this is the declaration of the LORD. So is every work of their hands, and whatever they offer there is defiled.'
• Lev 5:2-3 : 2 Or if someone touches anything unclean, such as the carcass of an unclean wild animal, livestock, or swarming creature, and it is hidden from them, they become unclean and guilty. 3 Or if someone touches human uncleanness, anything that makes a person unclean, and it is hidden from them but then they realize it, they become guilty.
• Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, 'This is what the LORD has said: I will be shown as holy to those who draw near me, and I will be honored in the sight of all the people.' And Aaron remained silent.
• Lev 11:26-27 : 26 Every animal that has a divided hoof but does not chew the cud is unclean to you; whoever touches them will become unclean. 27 All animals that walk on their paws among the creatures that walk on all fours are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until the evening.
• Lev 11:45 : 45 For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore, be holy, because I am holy.
• Lev 11:47 : 47 You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.
• Lev 15:5-9 : 5 Anyone who touches his bed must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening. 6 Anyone who sits on an object that the man with the discharge has sat on must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening. 7 Anyone who touches the body of the man with the discharge must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening. 8 If the man with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, that person must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening. 9 Any saddle or seat on which the man with the discharge rides will be unclean. 10 Anyone who touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening. Anyone who carries these items must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening. 11 Anyone touched by the man with the discharge who has not washed his hands must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening. 12 Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden object must be rinsed with water. 13 When the man with the discharge becomes clean, he must count seven days for his purification, wash his clothes, bathe himself in fresh water, and he will be clean. 14 On the eighth day, he must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, come before the LORD at the entrance to the tent of meeting, and give them to the priest. 15 The priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, making atonement for him before the LORD for his discharge. 16 If a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his entire body with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 17 Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening. 18 If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both of them must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening. 19 When a woman has her menstrual period, her flow of blood will make her unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. 20 Anything she lies on during her menstruation will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. 21 Anyone who touches her bed must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening. 22 Anyone who touches any object she has sat on must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening. 23 If someone touches her bed or anything she has sat on, they will be unclean until evening. 24 If a man has sexual relations with her and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days. Any bed he lies on will also be unclean. 25 If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days outside of her menstrual period, or if the discharge continues beyond her period, she will be unclean as during her menstruation for as long as the discharge lasts. 26 Any bed she lies on during her discharge will be like her bed during menstruation; any object she sits on will be unclean as during her menstrual impurity. 27 Anyone who touches them will be unclean. They must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening. 28 When she is cleansed from her discharge, she must count seven days, and after that she will be clean. 29 On the eighth day, she must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 30 The priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way, the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD because of her discharge. 31 You must warn the Israelites about their impurity, so they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them. 32 This is the law concerning the man with a discharge and anyone who has an emission of semen that makes him unclean. 33 It also applies to a woman during her menstrual period, to anyone—male or female—with a discharge, and to a man who lies with a woman who is unclean.
• Lev 22:2-9 : 2 Speak to Aaron and his sons and command them to separate themselves from the holy things of the people of Israel, so that they do not profane My holy name by what they dedicate to Me. I am the LORD. 3 Say to them: 'If any of your descendants in future generations approaches the holy things that the people of Israel dedicate to the LORD while he is ceremonially unclean, that person will be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.' 4 If any man from Aaron's descendants has a skin disease or a discharge, he must not eat from the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or a man who has had an emission of semen, 5 or touches any unclean crawling creature that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him unclean by whatever means— 6 the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat any of the holy things unless he has bathed in water. 7 When the sun has set, he will be clean, and afterward he may eat from the holy things, for they are his food. 8 He must not eat anything that has died naturally or been torn by wild animals, making himself unclean by it. I am the LORD. 9 They must keep My commands and not bear guilt by treating the holy things improperly, for if they do, they will die because of it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them. 10 No outsider is to eat the holy food. A guest of the priest or a hired servant must not eat the holy food. 11 However, if a priest buys someone with his money as property, that person may eat from the priest's food, and those born in his household may also eat his food. 12 If a priest's daughter marries someone who is not a priest, she must not eat the sacred contributions from the holy things. 13 But if a priest's daughter becomes a widow or is divorced, has no children, and returns to her father's house as she was in her youth, she may eat her father's food again. But no outsider may eat of it. 14 If anyone eats a sacred offering unintentionally, they must add a fifth of its value to it and give it to the priest as compensation for the sacred thing. 15 The priests must not allow the sacred offerings of the people of Israel, which they present to the LORD, to be defiled. 16 By doing so, they would make the people guilty of wrongdoing for eating their holy offerings, for I am the LORD who makes them holy. 17 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 18 Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and tell them: If any Israelite or foreigner living among you presents an offering, whether it is to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering to the LORD as a burnt offering, 19 it must be a male without defect to be accepted, from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats. 20 Do not offer anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. 21 If anyone offers a fellowship sacrifice to the LORD for a special vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be without defect to be accepted; there must be no blemish in it. 22 You must not offer to the LORD anything that is blind, broken, injured, or with warts, scabs, or skin disease; you must not bring them as a fire offering on the altar to the LORD. 23 You may offer a bull or lamb that has an overgrown or stunted limb as a freewill offering, but it will not be accepted as a vow offering. 24 You must not offer to the LORD any animals that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut, nor are you to do this in your land. 25 You must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner to offer as the food of your God. They are deformed and have defects; they will not be accepted on your behalf. 26 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 27 When an ox, sheep, or goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day onward, it will be acceptable as an offering made by fire to the LORD. 28 Do not slaughter a cow or a sheep and its young on the same day. 29 When you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, offer it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf. 30 It must be eaten on the same day; do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD. 31 Therefore, keep My commandments and follow them. I am the LORD. 32 Do not profane My holy name, for I must be regarded as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD, who makes you holy. 33 I brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.
• Acts 10:14 : 14 But Peter said, 'By no means, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.'
• Acts 10:28 : 28 He said to them, 'You know it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner, but God has shown me that I must not call any person common or unclean.'
• Rom 14:14 : 14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.
• Eph 5:11 : 11 Do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
• 1 Pet 1:14-16 : 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as the One who called you is holy, so also be holy in all your conduct. 16 For it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."
• 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
• 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to abstain from fleshly desires, which wage war against the soul.
• Isa 1:16 : 16 Wash yourselves and make yourselves clean. Remove your evil deeds from My sight; stop doing evil.