But if ye say, we will not dwell in this land,.... Or continue any longer in it, but go into Egypt:,neither obey the voice of the Lord your God; or, "so as not to hearken to" or "obey", &c. ; for they did not say in so many words that they would not obey the voice of the Lord; they had promised they would; but resolving, against his declared will, that they would not abide in the land, but go into Egypt, was interpretatively saying they would not obey his voice.
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Jeremiah 42:13
Jeremiah 42:13
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