Jeremiah 35:16-19 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 Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:17

Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... Provoked by such ill usage: behold, I will bring upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, all the evil that I have pronounced against them : which Abarbinel interprets of all the threatenings and curses in the law and the prophets respecting the Jews, until the times of Jeremiah; though it may more especially intend the evil, God by him had pronounced upon them; namely, that the Chaldean army should come... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:18

And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites ,.... To the family of them, to those that were with him in the temple, and while they were there; and what he said to them, which is as follows, was by the order and direction of the Lord: thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; he uses the same titles, when speaking to them, as to the Jews, expressive of his sovereignty, power, and grace: because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father ; that particular... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:19

Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... Who has enjoined children obedience to their parents, and has promised to reward it, and does: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever ; which may be understood of a long time, of ages to come; or as long as the people of the Jews were a people, or the world should stand, the posterity of this man should continue: or, "a man shall not be cut off from Jonadab &c.;" F8 לא יכרת ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:17

I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil - Having, by the conduct of the Rechabites, clearly and fully convicted them of ingratitude and rebellion, he now proceeds to pronounce sentence against them. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:19

Thus saith the Lord - Jonadab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever - His name shall ever be honorable, and his posterity shall enjoy my continual protection, and there shall never be found a time in which men of his spirit shall be wanting as patterns of genuine simplicity, filial obedience, purity of manners, and deadness to the world. True Christians may be considered as the genuine successors of these ancient Rechabites; and some suppose that the Essenes, in our Lord's time,... 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:17

Verse 17 The Prophet, after having shewn that the Jews were so condemned by the example of the Rechabites, that there was no defense for them, now adds, — that as the word of God had been to them useless, it would now be efficacious against them. This is the purport of the verse. I have spoken to them, says God; I will now speak to them no more, but I will speak against them, that is, I will command the Chaldeans, and they shall be my ministers and the executioners of my vengeance. We hence... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:18

Verse 18 Here the Prophet, that he might affect the Jews more deeply, promises a reward to the sons of Jonadab, because they obeyed their father; and he promises them a blessing from God. Nor is it to be wondered at, for this commandment, as Paul says, is the first to which a promise is annexed. (Ephesians 6:2) God promises generally a reward to all who keep the Law, for every command has in general connected with it the hope of reward; but this is in a special manner added to the Fifth... read more

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:19

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:18

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