Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 52:11

11 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 .

Make haste, O ye banished [illegible: 1+ letters]ews, to depart out of Babylon into your own Land, that there I may meet with you, and bless you, and perform those further and greater things which I have promised there to do for you. And this invitation was the more necessary, because God foresaw that a great number of the Jews would upon worldly considerations continue in those forein Countrys in which they were settled, and be very backward to return to the Holy Land

And when you go thence, take heed that you carry not along with you any of their Superstitions or Idolatries, but purifie and prepare your selves, that so God may return to you in mercy, when you return into your own Lands.

And especially you Priests and Levites, whose Office it is to minister in holy things, and to carry back the holy Vessels of the Temple, keep your selves from all pollution.

Marginal references: Ch. 48. 20. 2 Cor. 6. 17. Rev. 18. 4.