Yēlìmǐshū 35:6

6 Tāmen què shuō , wǒmen bú hē jiǔ . yīnwei wǒmen xiān zǔ Lìjiǎ de érzi Yuēná dá céng fēnfu wǒmen shuō , nǐmen yǔ nǐmen de zǐsūn yǒng bùkĕ hē jiǔ ,

Yēlìmǐshū 35:6 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 35:6

But they said, we will drink no wine
Or "we do not drink wine" ^F5; we are not used to it; we never do drink any; it is not lawful for us to do it; nor will we, let who will solicit us: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father;
not their immediate father, but their progenitor; perhaps the same Jonadab is meant who lived in the times of Jehu, and rode with him in his chariot; by which it appears he was a man of note and figure, and who lived near three hundred years before this time, ( 2 Kings 10:15 ) ; which is more likely than that he should be a descendant of his, and the proper father of the present Rechabites, which is the opinion of Scaliger ^F6: commanded us, saying, ye shall drink no wine, [neither ye], nor your
sons, for ever;
as long as any of them were in the world. What was the reason of this command, and of what follows, is not easy to say; whether it was to prevent quarrels and contentions, luxury and sensuality; or to inure them to hardships; or to put them in remembrance that they were but strangers in the land in which they lived; or to retain them in the original course of life their ancestors had lived in, feeding cattle; be it what it will, these his sons thought themselves under obligations to observe it; and perhaps finding, by experience, it was for their good so to do.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (Nyy htvn al) "non hibimus vinum", Vatablus, Schmidt.
F6 Elench. Trihaeres. Serrar. c. 24.

Yēlìmǐshū 35:6 In-Context

4 Lǐng dào Yēhéhuá de diàn , jìnrù shén rén yīJīdàlì de érzi Hānán zhòng zǐ de wūzi . nà wūzi zaì shǒulǐng de wūzi pángbiān , zaì Shālóng zhī zǐ bǎ mén de Mǎxīyǎ wūzi yǐshàng .

5 Yúshì wǒ zaì Lìjiǎ zú rén miànqián shè bǎi chéng mǎn jiǔ de wǎn hé bēi , duì tāmen shuō , qǐng nǐmen hē jiǔ .

6 Tāmen què shuō , wǒmen bú hē jiǔ . yīnwei wǒmen xiān zǔ Lìjiǎ de érzi Yuēná dá céng fēnfu wǒmen shuō , nǐmen yǔ nǐmen de zǐsūn yǒng bùkĕ hē jiǔ ,

7 Yĕ bùkĕ gaì fáng , sǎzhǒng , zāizhòng pútaóyuán , dàn yìshēng de nián rì yào zhù zhàngpéng , shǐ nǐmen de rìzi zaì jìjū zhī dì déyǐ yán cháng .

8 Fán wǒmen xiān zǔ Lìjiǎ de érzi Yuēná dá suǒ fēnfu wǒmen de huà , wǒmen dōu tīng cóng le . wǒmen hé wǒmen de qīzi érnǚ yìshēng de nián rì dōu bù hē jiǔ ,