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.
JFB.
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