Ho, ho,] He exhorteth all the Jews, whereof many for ease and carnall inticements stayed in Babylon, to return to Jerusalem: and by this figure, all the elect, to leave the world, and the corruptions thereof, to come into Christs Church.
and flee from the land] Isaiah 48:20. &Isaiah 52:11. Jeremiah 50:8. &Jeremiah 51:6. 45. Revel. 18. 4
for I have spread you] Babylon cannot be your countrey, nor a blessed and holy abode for you: seeing I sent you thither to exile, and punishment: wherefore, when I set you at libertie, make use of my benefit.