Jérémie 42:14

Louis Segond

non, nous irons au pays d'Egypte, où nous ne verrons point de guerre, où nous n'entendrons pas le son de la trompette, où nous ne manquerons pas de pain, et c'est là que nous habiterons, -

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
En disant : non; mais nous irons au pays d'Egypte, afin que nous ne voyions point de guerre, et que nous n'entendions point le son de la trompette, et que nous n'ayons point disette de pain ; et nous demeurerons là.

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Vous disiez: Non; mais nous irons au pays d'Égypte, où nous ne verrons point de guerre, où nous n'entendrons pas le son de la trompette, où nous ne manquerons pas de pain, et nous y demeurerons;

Darby's French Translation
Non, mais nous irons dans le pays d'Égypte, où nous ne verrons pas la guerre, et où nous n'entendrons pas le son de la trompette, et où nous n'aurons pas disette de pain; et nous habiterons là;...

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

we will go: Jeremiah 41:17, Jeremiah 43:7, Deuteronomy 29:19, Isaiah 30:16, Isaiah 31:1

nor hear: Jeremiah 4:19, Jeremiah 4:21, Exodus 16:3, Exodus 17:3, Numbers 11:5, Numbers 16:13

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 17:16 - cause 2 Kings 18:24 - thy trust 2 Kings 25:26 - General Jeremiah 46:25 - and all Lamentations 5:9 - General Ezekiel 11:8 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Saying, no, but we will go into the land of Egypt,.... It was all one as if they had said, no, we will not obey the voice of the Lord to continue in our own land; we are determined to go into Egypt, induced by the following reasons:

where we shall see no war; either internal, or with a foreign enemy; as both of late in their own land, and which they feared would be again; but promised themselves exemption from both in the land of Egypt, and therefore coveted to dwell there:

nor hear the sound of the trumpet; neither hear of wars nor rumours of wars; not the sound of the trumpet in the armies of the enemy, or among themselves, to gather together and prepare for battle; or, as Jarchi thinks, the sound of the trumpet blown by the watchman, giving notice to the people of the approach of an enemy:

nor have hunger of bread; as they had had while Judea was invaded and Jerusalem besieged, and a foreign army in the land; and though they had no reason to fear this now, yet they thought they should be more out of the danger of it in Egypt, a fruitful country, overflowed by the Nile:

and there will we dwell; in peace, prosperity, and safety: this was their resolution, to go and abide there; and this their confidence, that such would be their happy state.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Egypt had lost the battle of Carchemish, but it had not been the scene itself of military operations; while Judaea, from the date of the battle of Megiddo, had perpetually been exposed to the actual horrors of war.