Jeremias 35:6

6 Eles, porém, disseram: “Não bebemos vinho porque o nosso antepassado Jonadabe, filho de Recabe, nos deu esta ordem: ‘Nem vocês nem os seus descendentes beberão vinho.

Jeremias 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.

Jeremias 35:6 In-Context

4 Eu os levei ao templo do SENHOR, à sala dos filhos de Hanã, filho de Jigdalias, homem de Deus. A sala ficava ao lado da sala dos líderes e debaixo da sala de Maaseias, filho de Salum, o porteiro.

5 Então coloquei vasilhas cheias de vinho e alguns copos diante dos membros da comunidade dos recabitas e lhes pedi que bebessem.

6 Eles, porém, disseram: “Não bebemos vinho porque o nosso antepassado Jonadabe, filho de Recabe, nos deu esta ordem: ‘Nem vocês nem os seus descendentes beberão vinho.

7 Vocês não construirão casas nem semearão; não plantarão vinhas nem as possuirão; mas vocês sempre habitarão em tendas. Assim vocês viverão por muito tempo na terra na qual são nômades’.

8 Temos obedecido a tudo o que nos ordenou nosso antepassado Jonadabe, filho de Recabe. Nós, nossas mulheres, nossos filhos e nossas filhas jamais bebemos vinho em toda a nossa vida,