They did not want to submit to domination by the Third World Power, that of Babylon. Formerly Egypt had been their ally against the expanding world power of Babylon. So now that the land of Judah had come under Babylon’s domination, they were determined that no one should be left in the land to offer submission to Babylon. The advocates of submission to Babylon, namely, Jeremiah and his secretary Baruch, were not to be left behind. So they dragged these servants of Jehovah with them.

Jeremiah, although forced to reside in Egypt, did not stop his prophesying down there. Jehovah’s spirit continued to move Jeremiah to prophesy, yes, to the unbelieving Jewish refugees and against their chosen land of residence. His inspired writings survive till this critical time. They serve as a warning to the modern counterparts of those rebellious Jews of Jeremiah’s day.