Talmud zu Schemot 14:14

Rebbi Simeon ben Yoḥai said, at three places were Israel warned not to return to the land of Egypt, [as it is written:] for as you saw Egypt today you shall nevermore see them for ever³¹Ex. 14:14.. And the Eternal said to you, you shall never again return on this way³²Deut. 17:10.. And the Eternal will bring you back to Egypt on ships³³Deut. 28:68.. In all three cases they returned and in all three cases they fell. One in the days of Sanherib the king of Assyria, [as it is written]: woe on those who descend to Egypt for help³⁴Is. 31:3.. What is written after this? But Egypt is human and not god, and their horses are flesh, etc³⁴Is. 31:3.. And one in the days of Joḥanan the son of the bald; it shall be that the sword which you are fearing, there will reach you³⁵Is. 31:3.. And once in the days of the evil Trajanus.

HALAKHAH: ¹⁴⁹Mekhilta dR. Ismael Bešallaḥ(ed. Horovitz-Rabin p. 96); dR. Simeon ben Ioḥai14:13 (ed. Epstein-Melamed p. 56). Targum Pseudo-Jonathan and Fragmentary Targum Ex. 14:13. Our forefathers formed four factions on the Sea. One said, let us fall into the Sea. And another said, let us return to Egypt. And another said, let us fight with them. And another said, let us shout against them. To the one who said, let us fall into the Sea, Moses said, stay firm and see the help of the Eternal¹⁵⁰Ex. 14:13., etc. And to the one who said, let us return to Egypt, Moses said, for as you are seeing Egypt today¹⁵⁰Ex. 14:13., etc. And to the one who said, l let us fight with them, Moses said, the Eternal will fight for you¹⁵¹Ex. 14:14.. And to the one who said, let us shout against them, Moses said, and you be silent¹⁵¹Ex. 14:14..