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Announce this with shouts of joy and proclaim it. Send it out to the ends of the earth; say, &#8220The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/isaiah/48.htm">New Living Translation</a> Yet even now, be free from your captivity! Leave Babylon and the Babylonians. Sing out this message! Shout it to the ends of the earth! The LORD has redeemed his servants, the people of Israel. <a href="/esv/isaiah/48.htm">English Standard Version</a> Go out from Babylon, flee from Chaldea, declare this with a shout of joy, proclaim it, send it out to the end of the earth; say, “The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!” <a href="/bsb/isaiah/48.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!” <a href="/kjv/isaiah/48.htm">King James Bible</a> Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/48.htm">New King James Version</a> Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! With a voice of singing, Declare, proclaim this, Utter it to the end of the earth; Say, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!” <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/48.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Go out from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, proclaim this, Send it out to the end of the earth; Say, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob.” <a href="/nasb/isaiah/48.htm">NASB 1995</a> Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, proclaim this, Send it out to the end of the earth; Say, &#8220The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/48.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, proclaim this, Send it out to the end of the earth; Say, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob.” <a href="/lsb/isaiah/48.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, cause this to be heard, Bring it forth to the end of the earth; Say, “Yahweh has redeemed His servant Jacob.” <a href="/amp/isaiah/48.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Get out of Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans [who reign there]! Declare with a voice of jubilation, proclaim this, Send it out to the end of the earth; Say, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob.” <a href="/csb/isaiah/48.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Leave Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with a shout of joy, proclaim this, let it go out to the end of the earth; announce, “The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob! ” <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/48.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Leave Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with a shout of joy, proclaim this, let it go out to the end of the earth; announce,&#8221 The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!&#8221 <a href="/asv/isaiah/48.htm">American Standard Version</a> Go ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth: say ye, Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob. <a href="/cev/isaiah/48.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Now leave Babylon! Celebrate as you go. Be happy and shout for everyone to hear, "The LORD has rescued his servant Israel! <a href="/erv/isaiah/48.htm">English Revised Version</a> Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth: say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/48.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Leave Babylon; flee from the Babylonians! Shout for joy as you tell it and announce it. Shout it out to the ends of the earth. Say that the LORD has reclaimed his servant Jacob. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/48.htm">Good News Translation</a> Go out from Babylon, go free! Shout the news gladly; make it known everywhere: "The LORD has saved his servant Israel!" <a href="/isv/isaiah/48.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Go out from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans! With happy shouts, announce and proclaim this to the ends of the earth: Say, 'The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!' <a href="/msb/isaiah/48.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, ?The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!? <a href="/net/isaiah/48.htm">NET Bible</a> Leave Babylon! Flee from the Babylonians! Announce it with a shout of joy! Make this known! Proclaim it throughout the earth! Say, 'The LORD protects his servant Jacob. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/48.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Go forth from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare, tell this, send it out throughout the earth. Say, 'The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob.' <a href="/wbt/isaiah/48.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Go ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. <a href="/web/isaiah/48.htm">World English Bible</a> Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! With a voice of singing announce this, tell it even to the end of the earth; say, “Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob!” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/48.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Go out from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, "" Declare with a voice of singing, "" Cause this to be heard, "" Bring it forth to the end of the earth, "" Say, “YHWH has redeemed His servant Jacob.” <a href="/ylt/isaiah/48.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Go out from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, With a voice of singing declare, Cause ye this to be heard, Bring it forth unto the end of the earth, Say, Redeemed hath Jehovah His servant Jacob. <a href="/slt/isaiah/48.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Go ye forth from Babel; flee from the Chaldeans; with the voice of shouting, announce ye; cause this to be heard; cause it to go forth, even to the extremity of the earth; say ye, Jehovah redeemed his servant Jacob.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/48.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Come forth out of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, declare it with the voice of joy: make this to be heard, and speak it out even to the ends of the earth. Say: The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/48.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Depart from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Announce it with a voice of exultation. Cause it to be heard, and carry it even to the ends of the earth. Say: “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob.” <a href="/nabre/isaiah/48.htm">New American Bible</a> Go forth from Babylon, flee from Chaldea! With shouts of joy declare this, announce it; Make it known to the ends of the earth, Say: “The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/48.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Go out from Babylon, flee from Chaldea, declare this with a shout of joy, proclaim it, send it forth to the end of the earth; say, “The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/48.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Go forth from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare this, proclaim it, and publish it even to the ends of the earth; say, The LORD has saved his servant Jacob. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/48.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Go out from Babel! Flee from the Chaldeans! Show this with the voice of singing and make it heard, and send it out unto the ends of The Earth, and say: ‘LORD JEHOVAH has saved Yaqob his Servant!<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/48.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Go ye forth from Babylon, Flee ye from the Chaldeans; With a voice of singing Declare ye, tell this, Utter it even to the end of the earth; Say ye: 'The LORD hath redeemed His servant Jacob. <a href="/sep/isaiah/48.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Go forth of Babylon, thou that fleest from the Chaldeans: utter aloud a voice of joy, and let this be made known, proclaim it to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath delivered his servant Jacob. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/48-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=10871" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/48.htm">Deliverance Promised to Israel</a> …19Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.” 20<a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: ṣə·’ū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">Leave</a> <a href="/hebrew/894.htm" title="894: mib·bā·ḇel (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- From balal; confusion; Babel, including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire.">Babylon!</a> <a href="/hebrew/1272.htm" title="1272: bir·ḥū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To go through, flee. A primitive root; to bolt, i.e. Figuratively, to flee suddenly.">Flee</a> <a href="/hebrew/3778.htm" title="3778: mik·kaś·dîm (Prep-m:: N-proper-mp) -- A region of S. Bab. and its inhab. (occasionally with enclitic) Kasdiymah; towards the Kasdites.">from the Chaldeans!</a> <a href="/hebrew/5046.htm" title="5046: hag·gî·ḏū (V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- To be conspicuous. ">Declare it</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: bə·qō·wl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">with a shout</a> <a href="/hebrew/7440.htm" title="7440: rin·nāh (N-fs) -- A ringing cry. From ranan; properly, a creaking, i.e. Shout.">of joy,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: haš·mî·‘ū (V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">proclaim</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">it,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: hō·w·ṣî·’ū·hā (V-Hifil-Imp-mp:: 3fs) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">let it go out</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/7097.htm" title="7097: qə·ṣêh (N-msc) -- End, extremity. Or qetseh; from qatsah; an extremity.">the ends</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the earth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’im·rū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">saying,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">“The LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1350.htm" title="1350: gā·’al (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To redeem, act as kinsman. A primitive root, to redeem, i.e. To be the next of kin.">has redeemed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·dōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">His servant</a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: ya·‘ă·qōḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">Jacob!”</a> 21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/50-8.htm">Jeremiah 50:8</a> Flee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock. <a href="/jeremiah/51-6.htm">Jeremiah 51:6</a> Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves. <a href="/jeremiah/51-45.htm">Jeremiah 51:45</a> Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD. <a href="/revelation/18-4.htm">Revelation 18:4</a> Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues. <a href="/zechariah/2-6.htm">Zechariah 2:6-7</a> “Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD. / “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!” <a href="/exodus/14-29.htm">Exodus 14:29-31</a> But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left. / That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore. / When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses. <a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">Isaiah 52:11-12</a> Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD. / For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard. <a href="/isaiah/44-23.htm">Isaiah 44:23</a> Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel. <a href="/isaiah/49-9.htm">Isaiah 49:9</a> to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill. <a href="/isaiah/52-9.htm">Isaiah 52:9</a> Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem. <a href="/isaiah/55-12.htm">Isaiah 55:12</a> You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. <a href="/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Jeremiah 31:7</a> For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’ <a href="/jeremiah/31-11.htm">Jeremiah 31:11</a> For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him. <a href="/micah/4-10.htm">Micah 4:10</a> Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies! <a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17</a> “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Go you forth of Babylon, flee you from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare you, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say you, The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob.ye forth<a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">Isaiah 52:11</a> 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.<a href="/jeremiah/50-8.htm">Jeremiah 50:8</a> Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.<a href="/jeremiah/51-6.htm">Jeremiah 51:6,45</a> Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence… with a voice<a href="/isaiah/12-1.htm">Isaiah 12:1</a> And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.<a href="/isaiah/26-1.htm">Isaiah 26:1</a> In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.<a href="/isaiah/45-22.htm">Isaiah 45:22,23</a> Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else… utter it even<a href="/isaiah/48-6.htm">Isaiah 48:6</a> Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.<a href="/2_samuel/7-23.htm">2 Samuel 7:23</a> And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?<a href="/jeremiah/31-10.htm">Jeremiah 31:10</a> Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/48-14.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-16.htm">Chalde'a</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-14.htm">Chaldeans</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-14.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-13.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-19.htm">End</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-22.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-13.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-12.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-10.htm">Joyful</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-6.htm">Proclaim</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-23.htm">Redeemed</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-4.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-14.htm">Shouting</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-23.htm">Singing</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-11.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-28.htm">Utter</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-13.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/20-4.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-10.htm">Chalde'a</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-4.htm">Chaldeans</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-9.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">End</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-11.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-21.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-5.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-13.htm">Joyful</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-7.htm">Proclaim</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-10.htm">Redeemed</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-3.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-13.htm">Shouting</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-13.htm">Singing</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-16.htm">Utter</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-10.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 48</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/48-1.htm">God, to convince the people of their foreknown obstinance, revealed his prophecies</a> 9. <a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">He saves them for his own sake</a> 12. <a href="/isaiah/48-12.htm">He exhorts them to obedience, because of his power and providence</a> 16. <a href="/isaiah/48-16.htm">He laments their backwardness</a> 20. <a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm">He powerfully delivers his people out of Babylon</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/48.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/48.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Leave Babylon! This command reflects the historical context of the Israelites' captivity in Babylon. Babylon, a symbol of oppression and idolatry, represents the world system opposed to God. The call to leave signifies a physical and spiritual departure from sin and bondage, echoing God's deliverance of His people from Egypt (<a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">Exodus 12:31</a>). It foreshadows the ultimate deliverance through Christ, who calls believers to separate from worldly influences (<a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17</a>).Flee from the Chaldeans! The Chaldeans were the ruling class in Babylon, known for their wisdom and astrology. Fleeing from them implies urgency and a complete break from their influence. This mirrors the call to flee from sin and false teachings (<a href="/1_timothy/6-11.htm">1 Timothy 6:11</a>). Historically, it points to the fall of Babylon to the Medes and Persians, fulfilling God's judgment (<a href="/daniel/5-30.htm">Daniel 5:30-31</a>).Declare it with a shout of joy, The joyful proclamation signifies the good news of deliverance and redemption. In biblical times, shouting was a common expression of victory and celebration (<a href="/joshua/6-5.htm">Joshua 6:5</a>). This anticipates the joy of salvation found in Christ, who brings freedom from sin (<a href="/luke/2-10.htm">Luke 2:10-11</a>).proclaim it, Proclaiming emphasizes the importance of sharing God's acts of salvation. It reflects the prophetic role of Israel to be a light to the nations (<a href="/isaiah/42-6.htm">Isaiah 42:6</a>). In the New Testament, believers are called to proclaim the gospel to all creation (<a href="/mark/16-15.htm">Mark 16:15</a>).let it go out to the ends of the earth, This phrase underscores the universal scope of God's salvation plan. It connects to the Abrahamic covenant, where all nations would be blessed through his descendants (<a href="/genesis/12-3.htm">Genesis 12:3</a>). It prefigures the Great Commission, where the gospel is to be preached to all nations (<a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19</a>).saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!” Redemption here refers to God's act of liberating Israel from captivity, a type of the greater redemption through Christ's sacrifice (<a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a>). "Jacob" symbolizes the nation of Israel, chosen and loved by God despite their failings. This redemption is a testament to God's faithfulness and mercy, pointing to the ultimate redemption of humanity through Jesus (<a href="/romans/3-24.htm">Romans 3:24</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a> A significant city and empire in ancient Mesopotamia, often symbolizing oppression and idolatry in the Bible. In this context, it represents the place of captivity for the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/c/chaldeans.htm">Chaldeans</a> A people group associated with Babylon, known for their influence and power during the Neo-Babylonian Empire. They are often seen as oppressors of the Israelites. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant name of God, emphasizing His faithfulness and power to redeem His people. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a> Represents the nation of Israel, as Jacob was the patriarch whose descendants became the twelve tribes of Israel. 5. <a href="/topical/r/redemption.htm">Redemption</a> The act of being saved or liberated, often used in the Bible to describe God's deliverance of His people from bondage.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/c/call_to_separation.htm">Call to Separation</a> Just as the Israelites were called to leave Babylon, Christians are called to separate themselves from worldly influences and sin. This involves a conscious decision to pursue holiness and align with God's will. <a href="/topical/p/proclaiming_redemption.htm">Proclaiming Redemption</a> The command to declare God's redemption with joy emphasizes the importance of sharing the gospel. Believers are encouraged to testify about God's saving work in their lives. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_deliverance.htm">Trust in God's Deliverance</a> The assurance of God's redemption for Jacob reminds us to trust in God's promises and His ability to deliver us from spiritual bondage. <a href="/topical/j/joyful_obedience.htm">Joyful Obedience</a> The call to proclaim with a shout of joy highlights the attitude with which we should obey God's commands—joyfully and with enthusiasm. <a href="/topical/g/global_mission.htm">Global Mission</a> The instruction to let the message go to the ends of the earth underscores the global mission of the church to spread the good news of salvation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_48.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 48</a> <a href="/q/key_events_in_jesus'_life.htm">Why should my people leave her?</a> <a href="/q/why_should_my_people_leave_her.htm">Why should my people leave her?</a> <a href="/q/bible_events'_chronological_order.htm">What is the chronological order of events in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_little_evidence_links_isaiah_48_to_cyrus.htm">If Isaiah 48:14-15 is referring to Cyrus as God's instrument, why is there scant archaeological evidence linking this prophecy directly to him?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/48.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) Go ye forth of Babylon . . .--The sorrow and sighing are past, and the prophet speaks to the remnant that shall return. They are to act without fear on the promises of God, on the decree of Cyrus, and to start at once on their homeward journey, and as they go, to proclaim what great things God hath done for them.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/48.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 20. - Go ye forth of Babylon. A sudden transition from expostulation to exhortation. It might have seemed that no exhortation would be needed; that, as soon as the prison-doors were set open, there would be a general rush to escape. But, when the time came, it was not so. Those only availed themselves of the edict of Cyrus "whose spirit God had raised to go up and build his house" (<a href="/ezra/1-5.htm">Ezra 1:5</a>). The wealthier classes, Josephus tells us ('Ant. Jud.,' 11:1), remained. The very poor, it is probable, could not leave. Motives of various kinds detained others. The result was that probably a larger number elected to continue in the country than to return to Palestine. Hence the exhortation to "go forth from Babylon and flee from the Chaldeans" was far from being superfluous. Flee ye from the Chaldeans. Not "flee before them" (see <a href="/isaiah/52-12.htm">Isaiah 52:12</a>), as enemies to be feared; but quit them hastily, as corrupters to be avoided. With a voice of singing; rather, with a voice of shouting (Delitzsch), or with a ridging cry (Cheyne). The cry was to reach even to the end of the earth. All the nations were to be informed of the great event, in which they might not feel, but in which they were, deeply interested - the deliverance of Israel out of Babylon, which was "the prelude of, and a preparation for, the world's redemption" (Kay). <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/48-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Leave צְא֣וּ (ṣə·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim Babylon, מִבָּבֶל֮ (mib·bā·ḇel) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_894.htm">Strong's 894: </a> Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city flee בִּרְח֣וּ (bir·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1272.htm">Strong's 1272: </a> To bolt, to flee suddenly from the Chaldeans! מִכַּשְׂדִּים֒ (mik·kaś·dîm) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> Chaldeans -- a region of southern Babylon and its inhab Declare it הַגִּ֤ידוּ (hag·gî·ḏū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5046.htm">Strong's 5046: </a> To be conspicuous with a shout בְּק֣וֹל (bə·qō·wl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> A voice, sound of joy, רִנָּ֗ה (rin·nāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7440.htm">Strong's 7440: </a> A creaking, shout proclaim הַשְׁמִ֙יעוּ֙ (haš·mî·‘ū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently it, זֹ֔את (zōṯ) Pronoun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, let it go out הוֹצִיא֖וּהָ (hō·w·ṣî·’ū·hā) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim to עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while the ends קְצֵ֣ה (qə·ṣêh) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7097.htm">Strong's 7097: </a> End, extremity of the earth, הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land saying, אִמְר֕וּ (’im·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “The LORD יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has redeemed גָּאַ֥ל (gā·’al) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1350.htm">Strong's 1350: </a> To redeem, act as kinsman His servant עַבְדּ֥וֹ (‘aḇ·dōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant Jacob!” יַעֲקֹֽב׃ (ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/48-20.htm">Isaiah 48:20 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/48-20.htm">Isaiah 48:20 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/48-20.htm">Isaiah 48:20 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/48-20.htm">Isaiah 48:20 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/48-20.htm">Isaiah 48:20 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/48-20.htm">Isaiah 48:20 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/48-20.htm">Isaiah 48:20 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/48-20.htm">Isaiah 48:20 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/48-20.htm">Isaiah 48:20 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/48-20.htm">Isaiah 48:20 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 48:20 Go you forth from Babylon flee you (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/48-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 48:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 48:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/48-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 48:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 48:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>