Because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard. —The prophet in part reproduces his own earlier complaint from …

The Prophet, after having shown that the Jews were so condemned by the example of the Rechabites that they had no defense, now adds that since the …

Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel Provoked by such ill usage: behold, I will bring…

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 …