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.
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Gill's Exposition
Depart ye, depart ye,.... Not from Jerusalem, as some, for that is now said to be redeemed, and its waste places made joyful; but Babylon, even mystical Babylon. The Targum is, "be ye separated, be ye…
Barnes' Notes
Depart ye, depart ye - This is a direct address to the exiles in their captivity. The same command occurs in Isa 48:20 (see the notes on that place). It is repeated here for the sake of emphasis; and…
The removal of the Jews from Babylon to their own land again is here spoken of both as a mercy and as a duty; and the application of Isa 52:7 to the preaching of the gospel (by the apostle, Rom 10:15)…
A summons to the exiles to prepare for their departure from Babylon (cf. Isa 48:20-21). These are to accompany Jehovah in his triumphal "return to Zion" (see on ch. Isa 40:10-11).
go ye out from…
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