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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:12-19

12-19 The trial of the Rechabites' constancy was for a sign; it made the disobedience of the Jews to God the more marked. The Rechabites were obedient to one who was but a man like themselves, and Jonadab never did for his seed what God has done for his people. Mercy is promised to the Rechabites. We are not told respecting the performance of this promise; but doubtless it was performed, and travellers say the Rechabites may be found a separate people to this day. Let us follow the counsels of... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jeremiah 35:12-19

The Application v. 12. Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, v. 13. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction by which they might be trained properly, to hearken to My words? saith the Lord. v. 14. The words of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine are performed, the commands of a mere man having so much weight; for unto this day they... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Jeremiah 35:12-19

2. The Application.Jeremiah 35:12-1912, 13Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts [Jehovah Zebaoth], the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken 14to my words? saith the Lord. The words2 of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment: notwithstanding I have... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Jeremiah 35:1-19

a Lesson from the Rechabites Jeremiah 35:1-19 Among the refugees from the neighboring country who sought asylum within the walls of Jerusalem, was a group of Arabs, known as Rechabites. Probably they encamped in one of the open spaces. They clung tenaciously to the regulations promulgated by Jonadab some three hundred years before. See Judges 1:16 ; 2 Kings 10:15 ; 1 Chronicles 2:55 . They drank no wine, did not cultivate the ground, and lived in tents. We do well not to touch alcohol; not... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 35:1-19

The last of these prophecies of the siege consists of telling the story of the Rechabites and applying it to the existing conditions. Jeremiah told how in the days of Jehoiakim he had been charged to bring the Rechabites into the house of Jehovah and test them in the matter of drinking wine. This he had done, but they, in loyalty to the command of their father, refused. They declared that they had been true to the instructions of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, taking no wine, sowing no seed, and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:1-19

SECTION 2 (Jeremiah 26:1 to Jeremiah 45:5 ). (continued). As we have previously seen this Section of Jeremiah from Jeremiah 26:1 to Jeremiah 45:5 divides up into four main subsections, which are as follows: 1. Commencing With A Speech In The Temple Jeremiah Warns Of What Is Coming And Repudiates The Promises Of The False Prophets (Jeremiah 26:1 to Jeremiah 29:32). 2. Following The Anguish To Come Promises Are Given Of Eventual Restoration, Central To Which is A New Covenant Written In... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:12-19

YHWH Uses The Loyalty Of The Rechabites To Their ‘Father’ As A Contrast With The Behaviour Of Judah Towards Their ‘Father’ (Jeremiah 35:12-19 ). The Rechabites had proved their loyalty to their ‘father’ (their forefather) by their maintenance of the requirements that he had laid down, and they had done it over a long period of time. This was in total contrast to Judah’s attitude towards YHWH’s requirements. They had rather ignored YHWH’s requirements for a very long time. Jeremiah 35:12 ‘Then... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:1-19

Jeremiah 35. A Lesson in Obedience from the Rechabites.— These were the descendants of that Jonadab who, in 842, aided Jehu to overthrow the house of Ahab and the cult of Baal of Tyre ( 2 Kings 10:15-Isaiah : *); they were connected with the Kenites ( 1 Chronicles 2:55), from whom the worship of Yahweh may have passed to Israel ( cf. Judges 1:16). The incident here described is to be dated c. 598 ( cf. Jeremiah 35:11 with 2 Kings 24:2), i.e. after the events of Jeremiah 36. Jeremiah 35:1-1... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Jeremiah 35:1-19

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. Chronology of the Chapter. Seventeen years earlier than the preceding narrative of the manumission of the slaves; about the fourth year of Jehoiakim’s reign. From Jeremiah 35:11 we find that these Rechabites were driven from the desert-scenes they inhabited into Jerusalem for shelter, consequent upon the conquests of Nebuchadnezzar. These conquests began with the victory at Charchemish; and at the end of the same year as that decisive battle against Egypt, he... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:18-19

Jeremiah 35:18-19 The Rechabites are introduced into the Word of God to reprove bad men in the Church, by contrasting them with good men out of the Church. I. The popular criticism upon the Church is true: "Better men are out of it than some men in it." II. The contrast between apostates in the Church and good men out of it is an exception to the general fact. III. The concessions which Christians make to cynical critics of the Church need often to be qualified by loyalty to the brotherhood.... read more