John Chrysostom

Then, since they kept on in a state of incurable madness, and were not to be sobered even by the rest being carried away, he first exhorts them to remain there. But when they kept not up to this, but deserted to Egypt, this indeed He allowed them, but requires of them not to desert to irreligion as well as to Egypt. But when they did not comply in this either, He sendeth the prophet along with them, so that they might not after all suffer total wreck. …

Homilies On Romans 14 ↗