Jeremiah, accompanied by the main body of the Rechabites, went into one of the courts of the temple, and there addressed the following rebuke to th…

Will you not receive instruction... —The argument of the prophet is naturally an à fortiori one. The words of Jo…

Here Jeremiah applies the example which he had related, for what follows is God’s complaint—that He was less regarded by His people than Jonadab wa…

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel

The Lord of armies in heaven and earth; the Creator of Israel; thei…

The trial of the Rechabites' constancy was for a sign; it made the disobedience of the Jews to God the more marked. The Rechabites were obedient to…

1. Here, their disobedience is condemned. This is shown in two ways:

   • First, different merits are compared as God expresses …