And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
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Gill's Exposition
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. (u);…
Barnes' Notes
Or, I will give you compassion before (i. e., obtain pity from) the king of Babylon, and “he shall have mercy upon you, and let you dwell upon your own soil.”
We have here the answer which Jeremiah was sent to deliver to those who employed him to ask counsel of God.
I. It did not come immediately, not till ten days after, Jer 42:7. They were thus long held…
Cambridge Bible
cause you to return better (seeing that they were already there), with a difference of vocalisation only in the original, cause you to dwell in.