Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
none . . . shall escape . . . that they should return, etc.—The Jews had gone to Egypt with the idea that a return to Judea, which they thought hopeless to their brethren in Babylon, would be an easy matter to themselves in Egypt: the exact reverse should happen in the case of each respectively. The Jews whom God sent to Babylon were there weaned from idolatry, and were restored; those who went to Egypt by their perverse will were hardened in idolatry, and perished there.
have a desire—literally, "lift up (their) soul," that is, their hopes (compare Jeremiah 22:27, Margin; Deuteronomy 24:15, Margin).
none shall return but such as shall escape—namely, the "small number" (Jeremiah 44:28) who were brought by force into Egypt, as Jeremiah and Baruch, and those who, in accordance with Jeremiah's advice, should flee from Egypt before the arrival of the Chaldeans (see on Jeremiah 42:17). CALVIN less probably refers the words to the return of the exiles in Babylon, which the Jews in Egypt regarded as hopeless.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 44:14:
Jeremiah 22:27
Jeremiah 42:17
Jeremiah 44:28
Ezekiel 5:2
Ezekiel 30:5
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