All ... the prophets - The Rechabites had had but one lawgiver: the Jews had had a succession of messengers from God.

Return ye now every man from his evil way. —The words are more than a general summary of the teaching of…

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…

I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets One after another, ever since the times of Moses, to explain and e…

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 …