Jer 44:8 | JFB | STEP | 8. in ... Egypt-- where they polluted themselves to ingratiate themselves with the Egyptians. ye be gone-- not compelled by fear, but of your own accord, when I forbade you, and when it was free to you to stay in Judea. that ye might cut yourselves off-- They, as it were, purposely courted their own ruin.

‏ Jeremiah 44:8

8. in ... Egypt--where they polluted themselves to ingratiate themselves with the Egyptians.

ye be gone--not compelled by fear, but of your own accord, when I forbade you, and when it was free to you to stay in Judea.

that ye might cut yourselves off--They, as it were, purposely courted their own ruin.