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 - (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). 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 (Jeremiah 27:18). Nebuchadnezzar had carried them to Babylon (2 Chronicles 36:18). Cyrus restored them (Ezra 1:7-11).
Be ye clean - by separating yourselves wholly from Babylonian idolaters, mystical and literal.