Jeremiah 35:1
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days (a) of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, (a) For the disposition and order of these prophecies. See Jeremiah 27:1... [ Continue Reading ]
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days (a) of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, (a) For the disposition and order of these prophecies. See Jeremiah 27:1... [ Continue Reading ]
Go to the house of the (b) Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. (b) They came from Hobab, Moses father-in-law, who was no Israelite, but later joined with them in the service of God.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man (c) of God, who [was] by the chamber of the princes, which [was] above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: (c) That is, a prophet.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I (d) said to them, Drink ye wine. (d) The prophet says not. The Lord says thus, for then they ought to have obeyed, but he tends to another end: that is, to declare their obedience to man, seeing the Jews wou... [ Continue Reading ]
But they said, We will drink no wine: for (e) Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, [neither ye], nor your sons for ever: (e) Whom the king of Israel favoured for his zeal, (2 Kings 10:15). (f) Teaching them by this to flee all opportunity for intempera... [ Continue Reading ]
But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to (g) all that Jonadab our father commanded us. (g) Which was now for the span of three hundred years from Jehu to Jehoiakim.... [ Continue Reading ]
But it came to pass, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we (h) dwell at Jerusalem. (h) Which declares that they were not so bound to their vow th... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will (i) ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD. (i) Whom I have chosen to be my children seeing these who were the children of a heathen, obeyed the commandmen... [ Continue Reading ]
The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for to this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: however I have spoken to you, (k) rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not to me. (k) I have most diligently exhorted and... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have (l) spoken to them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not answered... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall (m) not lack a man to stand before me for ever. (m) His posterity will continue and be in my favour for ever.... [ Continue Reading ]