New English Translation
Jeremiah 35:5
5Then I set cups and pitchers full of wine in front of the members of the Rechabite community and said to them, “Have some wine.”
Jeremiah 35:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
- New International Version (NIV)Then I set bowls full of wine and some cups before the Rekabites and said to them, “Drink some wine.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then I set before the Rechabites pitchers full of wine, and cups, and I said to them, "Drink wine."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, “Drink wine.”
Context of Jeremiah 35:5
3So I went and got Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah the grandson of Habazziniah, his brothers, all his sons, and all the rest of the Rechabite community. 4I took them to the Lord’s temple. I took them into the room where the disciples of the prophet Hanan son of Igdaliah stayed. That room was next to the one where the temple officers stayed and above the room where Maaseiah son of Shallum, one of the doorkeepers of the temple, stayed. Then I set cups and pitchers full of wine in front of the members of the Rechabite community and said to them, “Have some wine.” 6But they answered, “We do not drink wine because our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us not to. He told us, ‘You and your children must never drink wine. 7Do not build houses. Do not plant crops. Do not plant a vineyard or own one. Live in tents all your lives. If you do these things you will live a long time in the land that you wander about on.’
Read all of Jeremiah 35Jeremiah 35:5 word by word
וָאֶתֵּ֞ן לִפְנֵ֣י׀ בְּנֵ֣י בֵית־הָרֵכָבִ֗ים גְּבִעִ֛ים מְלֵאִ֥ים יַ֖יִן וְכֹס֑וֹת וָאֹמַ֥ר אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם שְׁתוּ־יָֽיִן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And I setנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
- beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
- of the Rechabitesרֵכָבִיrêkâh · RechabiteH7397
- potsגָּבִיעַgebîya‛ · cupH1375
- fullמָלֵאmâlê' · fullH4392
- of wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
- and cupsכּוֹסkôs · cupH3563
- and I saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- unto them, Drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
Cross-references for Jeremiah 35:5
- Jeremiah 35:2“Go to the Rechabite community. Invite them to come into one of the side rooms of the Lord’s temple and offer them some wine to drink.”
- Ecclesiastes 9:7Go, eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works.
- Amos 2:12“But you made the Nazirites drink wine; you commanded the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy!’
- 2 Corinthians 2:9For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 35:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Pots full of wine, and cups - The cups were to draw the wine out of the pots, in order to drink it.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Pots - “Bowls,” to fill the cups.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-19The Recabites obeyed their ancestor, while the Israelites rebelled against the Lord, their God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-19By the obedience of the Rechabites to their father, Jeremiah condemns the disobedience of the Jews to God their Father. The Holy Spirit has arranged Jeremiah's prophecies by the moral rather than the chronological connection. From the history of an event fifteen years before, the Jews, who had brought back their manumitted servants into bondage, are taught how much God loves and rewards obedience, and hates and punishes disobedience. 2. Rechabites--a…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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