And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I (d) said to them, Drink ye wine.

(d) The prophet says not. The Lord says thus, for then they ought to have obeyed, but he tends to another end: that is, to declare their obedience to man, seeing the Jews would not obey God himself.

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