They set out and stopped at Geruth Chimham near Bethlehem, intending to go into Egypt.
and saying, “No, we will go to the land of Egypt, where we will not see war, nor hear the trumpet alarm, nor hunger for bread. There we will live!”
The Lord has spoken to you, remnant of Judah. Do not go to Egypt! Mark well that I am warning you this day.
Instead, Johanan, son of Kareah, and the military leaders took along all the remnant of Judah who had been dispersed among the nations and then had returned to dwell in the land of Judah:
They went to Egypt—they did not listen to the voice of the Lord—and came to Tahpanhes. Jeremiah in Egypt.