Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
(Isaiah 48:20; Zechariah 2:6-7). Long residence in Babylon made many loath to leave it: so as to mystical Babylon (Revelation 18:4).
ye . . . that bear . . . vessels of the Lord—the priests and Levites, whose office it was to carry the vessels of the temple (Jeremiah 27:18). Nebuchadnezzar had carried them to Babylon (II Chronicles 36:18). Cyrus restored them (Ezra 1:7-11).
be . . . clean—by separating yourselves wholly from Babylonian idolaters, mystical and literal.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 52:11:
Exodus 29:4-9
Isaiah 62:10
2 Corinthians 6:17
2 Timothy 2:19
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