5And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
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But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)This chapter is of an earlier date than many of those before; for what is contained in it was said and done in the days of Jehoiakim (Jer. 35:1); but then it must be in the latter part of his reign, for it was after the king of Babylon with his army came up into the land (Jer. 35:11), which seems to refer to the invasion mentioned 2 Kgs. 24:2; which was upon occasion of Jehoiakim’s rebelling again…
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