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.

Depart ye, go ye out from thence - (; Zechariah 2:6.) Long residence in Babylon made many loath to leave it: so as to mystical Babylon (). Be ye clean, that bear the 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 (Ezra 1:7).

Be ye clean - by separating yourselves wholly from Babylonian idolaters, mystical and literal.

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