Isa 48:20-22 | NETfull | STEP | 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.

Isaiah 48:20-22

20 Leave Babylon!
Flee from the Babylonians!
Announce it with a shout of joy!
Make this known!
Proclaim it throughout the earth! ^{▼▼ Heb “to the end of the earth” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).}
Say, ‘The Lord protects ^{▼▼ Heb “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.} his servant Jacob.
21 They do not thirst as he leads them through dry regions;
he makes water flow out of a rock for them;
he splits open a rock and water flows out.’ ^{▼▼ The translation above (present tense) assumes that this verse describes God’s provision for returning Babylonian exiles (see v. 20; 35:6; 49:10) in terms reminiscent of the Exodus from Egypt (see Exod 17:6).}
22 There will be no prosperity for the wicked,” says the Lord.