John Trapp on Jeremiah 43:1

CHAP. XLIII.

Ver. 1. ANd it came to paſſe that when Jeremiah had made an end, &c.] See here how wicked men, and hypocrites eſpecially, grow worſe and worſe, deceiving and being deceived. Balaam being reſolved to curſe however, went not as at other times, but ſet his face toward the wilderneſſe, Num. 24.12. Now he would build no more altars, but curſe whatever came of it: ſo would theſe refractaries, without Gods good leave, go down to Egypt, putting it to the venture. Jeremyes ſweet words were even loſt upon them.