the sword which ye feared, shall overtake you there] They made full account, that they should be safe in Egypt, were they but once there: and thither God sent after them the Chaldean sword, that destroyed both the Egyptians and them: thus that which the wicked fear, and seek to shun, befalleth them by that means, whereby they seek to avoyd it. Chap. 38. 19, 22. &43. 11. &44. 27. &46. 13 25. Isaiah 66:4. Ezekiel 11:8.
shall follow close after you] Heb. shall cleave after you. Psalms 63:8.