Jeremiah 35:1

1 verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam a Domino in diebus Ioachim filii Iosiae regis Iuda dicens

Jeremiah 35:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 35:1

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord
Not as following the former prophecies; for they must be delivered seventeen years after this. The prophecies of Jeremiah are not put together in their proper time in which they were delivered. The preceding prophecies were delivered in the "tenth" and "eleventh" years of Zedekiah's reign: but this in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah;
in what part of his reign is not certain; but it must be after Nebuchadnezzar had invaded the land, ( Jeremiah 35:11 ) ; very probably in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, after he had been the king of Babylon's servant three years, and rebelled against him, ( 2 Kings 24:1 2 Kings 24:2 ) ; saying;
as follows:

Jeremiah 35:1 In-Context

1 verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam a Domino in diebus Ioachim filii Iosiae regis Iuda dicens

2 vade ad domum Rechabitarum et loquere eis et introduces eos in domum Domini in unam exedram thesaurorum et dabis eis bibere vinum

3 et adsumpsi Iezoniam filium Hieremiae filii Absaniae et fratres eius et omnes filios eius et universam domum Rechabitarum

4 et introduxi eos in domum Domini ad gazofilacium filiorum Anan filii Hiegedeliae hominis Dei quod erat iuxta gazofilacium principum super thesaurum Maasiae filii Sellum qui erat custos vestibuli

5 et posui coram filiis domus Rechabitarum scyphos plenos vino et calices et dixi ad eos bibite vinum