Jeremiah 35:16 NIV

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 35:16

Because the son of Jonadab the son of Rechab ,.... Here we have the contrast between the Rechabites and the Israelites; the obedience of the one, and the disobedience of the other; the design of which is to aggravate and expose the sin of the Jews, since the former have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them ; that particular commandment of not drinking wine, which they had never once violated in such a course of time; nor could they now be prevailed upon,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:16

Verse 16 The Prophet says nothing new here, but confirms what has been said before; and this he did, that the indignity of the people’s conduct might more fully appear, inasmuch as, on one hand, a mortal man, and he now dead, retained authority over his posterity, having once laid on them a restraint in a matter hard and difficult; while God, on the other hand, effected nothing, though he had constantly addressed and exhorted his people, had sent prophets, and ceased not to invite them to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:1-19

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 35:16

Because , etc. This rendering is against Hebrew usage, and any reader will see that the obedience of the Rechabites stands in no inner connection with the sentence pronounced upon Judah. Jeremiah 35:16 is rather an emphatic recapitulation of what has preceded. It runs literally, ( I say ) that the sons of Jonadab have performed, etc; but ( that ) this people hath not hearkened unto me; or, in more English phraseology, "Yea, the sons of Jonadab," etc. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 35:12-16

Jeremiah 35:12-16. Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah As the trial of the constancy of the Rechabites was only intended for a sign, so now we have the application of it made by God himself. Tell the men of Judah, Will ye not receive instruction? &c. Will nothing enlighten or affect you? Will nothing prevail to make you sensible of your sin and duty? You see how obedient the Rechabites are to their father’s commandment; but you have not hearkened unto me Though it might... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:1-19

35:1-45:5 EVENTS IN JUDAH AND EGYPTA lesson from the Rechabites (35:1-19)Events recorded in the book of Jeremiah are not in chronological order, and Jeremiah now takes the readers back to the reign of Jehoiakim. He recounts a story concerning the Rechabites, a community of local tribal people who lived peaceably among the Israelites (1 Chronicles 2:55). The Rechabites were forbidden by their long-standing customs to drink wine. They were true worshippers of Yahweh and were fiercely anti-Baal... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 35:16

Because, &c. They are praised for their obedience, without reference to the nature of the command. Jonadab is not justified by this for imposing his will on all his posterity. read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:11-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:12-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 35:12-16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:1-19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 35:16

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