¹⁴ and saying, ‘No, ^(A)we will go to the land of Egypt, where we shall not see war or ^(B)hear the sound of the trumpet or ^(C)be hungry for bread, and we will dwell there,’

¹⁷ And they went and stayed at Geruth ^(A)Chimham near ^(B)Bethlehem, intending to go to Egypt

Anguish over Judah's Desolation

Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt

³ and the people of Israel said to them, ^(A)“Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, ^(B)when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

⁷ And they came into the land of Egypt, for they did not obey the voice of the Lord. And they arrived at ^(A)Tahpanhes.

¹⁹ one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.’ This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike.

¹³ Is it ^(A)a small thing that you have brought us up out of ^(B)a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you must also ^(C)make yourself a prince over us?