And now therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant
of
Judah
A small remnant indeed, a few that were left in the land; who
ought therefore to have admired the distinguishing goodness of
Providence in preserving them in it; where they should have
continued and made use of their privilege, to the glory of God
and their mutual good: thus saith the Lord of hosts, the
God of Israel;
the Lord of armies above and below, the Lord God omnipotent, and
so able to protect them in their land; and who had a peculiar
favour to Israel, and stood in a particular relation to them, and
therefore would do it, of which they had no reason to doubt; but,
disobliging him, what judgments might they not expect? if
you wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt:
are resolved upon it, and are actually engaged in it; turning
their faces from Judea towards Egypt, and obstinately pursuing
it, nor can be reclaimed from it: the phrase expresses their
resolution, impudence, and obstinacy: and go to sojourn
there:
to be sojourners and strangers there, as their fathers had been
before; the remembrance of which was enough to set them against
going into Egypt any more.