5. the mingled people--the mercenary troops of Egypt from various
lands, mostly from the interior of Africa (compare
Eze 27:10;
Jer 25:20, 24; 46:9, 21).
Chub--the people named Kufa on the monuments
[HAVERNICK], a people
considerably north of Palestine
[WILKINSON]; Coba or Chobat, a
city of Mauritania [MAURER].
men of the land that is in league--too definite an expression to mean
merely, "men in league" with Egypt; rather, "sons of the land
of the covenant," that is, the Jews who migrated to Egypt and
carried Jeremiah with them
(Jer 42:1-44:30).
Even they shall not escape
(Jer 42:22; 44:14).
JFB.
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