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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 35:12-19

The trial of the Rechabites? constancy was intended but for a sign; now here we have the application of it. I. The Rechabites? observance of their father's charge to them is made use of as an aggravation of the disobedience of the Jews to God. Let them see it and be ashamed. The prophet asks them, in God's name, ?Will you not at length receive instruction? Jer. 35:13. Will nothing affect you? Will nothing fasten upon you? Will nothing prevail to discover sin and duty to you? You see how... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:14

The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed ,.... That article particularly, respecting drinking wine, has been carefully observed; which, though so agreeable to the nature of man, what cheers the heart of God and man, and was not prohibited them by any law of God; yet, being forbidden by their father, they abstained from it: for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment ; though prescribed them three... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:15

I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets ,.... One after another, ever since the times of Moses, to explain and enforce the laws given; a circumstance not to be observed in the case of the Rechabites; who yet, without such intimations, kept the charge their father gave them: rising up early, and sending them ; see Jeremiah 7:13 ; saying, return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them ; all which were of a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:14

The words of Jonadab - are performed - but ye hearkened not unto me - The Lord, knowing the fidelity of this people, chose to try them in this way, that he might, by their conscientious obedience to the precepts of their forefathers, show the Jews, to their confusion, their ingratitude to him, and their neglect of his precepts, which if a man do, he shall live by them. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:14

Verse 14 It is then added, confirmed have been the words of Jonadab by his children; but my people do not obey me. But as we have said in the last lecture, the Prophet touches particularly on this circumstance, — that the Rechabites obeyed the command of their father in not drinking wine: this was hard; they did not drink even to that day But what did God require from his children? only to receive his Law, and not to go astray, as it is here added, after alien gods. There is, then, a contrast... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:15

Verse 15 He afterwards adds, that he was assiduous in teaching them, rising early and speaking By speaking, he intimates that he had daily repeated the same things, so that forgetfulness might not be pleaded by the Jews as an excuse: I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking, and ye obeyed me not Then follows an explanation,wthat God had sent the Prophets: the Jews would have otherwise been ready to object and say, that God had never appeared to them. Hence he says, that he had spoken... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:11-17

Filal obedience. The filial obedience of the Rechabites is here adduced as a rebuke to the people of Israel for their disobedience to their Father in heaven. I. WE OWE A DUTY OF FILIAL OBEDIENCE TO GOD . Obligation corresponds to privilege; peculiar relationship involves peculiar duties. If God is our Father, we owe special obedience to God on account of our relationship with him. The doctrine of the fatherhood of God is no excuse for the relaxation of the fidelity... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:12-17

Rechabites unconsciously reproving Israelites. I. HOW FAR THE MEN OF JUDAH WERE REALLY CONDEMNED ; i.e. How far were the cases really parallel? The first question to be asked is—Were the men of Judah as able to obey the commandments of Jehovah as the Rechabites were to obey the precept of Jonadab? and, of course, the answer is that for many reasons they were not. But passing this over for the present, let us notice the one respect in which Israelites were lamentably... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:14

The children put to shame by the stranger. The men of Judah were the children, inmates of God's house, members especially of his family. These Rechabites, a wandering tribe of the desert, were the stranger. But their fidelity to the command laid upon them by their ancestor Jonadab is contrasted with and rebukes the shameful disregard of the laws of God, of which the men of Judah were so guilty. For near three hundred years the Rechabites had, out of regard for their father's ordinance,... read more

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