IE does not return the entity nodes when using the jQuery( selector, [ context ] ). It will return the nodes if I don't include the context and use closest() instead.

Example in JS fiddle

http://jsfiddle.net/ZuZpt/1/

JQuery Reference:

http://api.jquery.com/jQuery/

Data:

<Entities>
   <Entity Key="Customers">
      <ExtraData></ExtraData>
      <MultipleMatches />
   </Entity>
</Entities>

Code

// Works in FF, Chrome and not in IE
$('Entity', rawXmlString)

// Works in IE Only
$(rawXmlString).closest('Entity')

// Does not work in FF, Chrome, IE
$(rawXmlString).find('Entity')

Desired Result:

["<Entity Key="Customers">..."]