Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
Ver. 14. Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt.] Infamous for idolatry, luxury, and the oppression of your ancestors there, besides God's express prohibition and Deu 17:16 commination of it, as the last and greatest plague. "The Lord shall bring thee unto Egypt." Deu 28:68
And there will we dwell.] The prophet now, by their looks, or some other way, perceived their purpose so to do, whatever they had promised. Jer 42:5-6