Jeremiah 35:5

Then Jeremias spoke to Ananias in the sight of all the people, and in the sight of the priests that stood in the house of the Lord,

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4and Jechonias, and the captivity of Juda: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

6and Jeremias said, May the Lord indeed do thus; may he confirm your word which you do prophesy, to return the vessels of the house of the Lord, and all the captivity, out of Babylon to this place.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:7Go, eat your bread with mirth, and drink your wine with a joyful heart; for now God has favourably accepted your works.

Amos 2:12But you⌃ gave the consecrated ones wine to drink; and you⌃ commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 35:2-12

The Case of the Rechabites. ( b. c. 607.) 1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 2 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the Lord , into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; 4 And I brought them into the house of the Lord , into the… Read the whole commentary →

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