John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 42:13

"But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land; so that ye obey not the voice of Jehovah your God," — Jeremiah 42:13 (ASV)

But if you 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" ^F21 ; for they did not say in so many words that they would not obey the voice of the Lord; they had promised they would; but resolving, against his declared will, that they would not abide in the land, but go into Egypt, was interpretatively saying they would not obey his voice.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F21: (emv ytlbl) "ita ut non auscultetis", Piscator, Cocceius; "ut non obediatis", Pagninus, Schmidt; "ut non audiatis", so some in Vatablus.