Isa 52:11 | JFB | STEP | 11. ( ). Long residence in Babylon made many loath to leave it: so as to mystical Babylon ( ). ye . . . that bear . . . vessels of the Lord —the priests and Levites, whose office it was to carry the vessels of the temple ( ). Nebuchadnezzar had carried them to Babylon ( ). Cyrus restored them ( ). be . . . clean —by separating yourselves wholly from Babylonian idolaters, mystical and literal.

Isaiah 52:11

11. (Isa 48:20; Zec 2:6, 7). Long residence in Babylon made many loath to leave it: so as to mystical Babylon (Re 18:4).

ye . . . that bear . . . vessels of the Lord—the priests and Levites, whose office it was to carry the vessels of the temple (Jer 27:18). Nebuchadnezzar had carried them to Babylon (2Ch 36:18). Cyrus restored them (Ezr 1:7-11).

be . . . clean—by separating yourselves wholly from Babylonian idolaters, mystical and literal.