Jeremiah 35:19

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 35:19

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 35:19

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 35:19

Verse 19 So then God now, in order to excite and rouse the Jews, promises to bless the Rechabites, because they had been obedient to their father, There shall not be cut off a man from Jonadab, that is, from the offspring of Jonadab, standing (literally) before my face; but as the conciseness of the verse renders it obscure and ambiguous, I have introduced an addition, — but that he may stand before my face And he says that they would stand before his face, not that they were to be priests or... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:1-19

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:18-19

A promise to the Rechabites (perhaps removed from its original connection). The form of the promise is remarkable; it runs, Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me forever. The phrase is, as Dr. Plumptre remarks, "all but essentially liturgical. It is used of the Levites ( Deuteronomy 10:8 ; Deuteronomy 18:5 , Deuteronomy 18:7 ), of the worship of the patriarchs ( Genesis 19:27 ), of the priests ( 1 Kings 8:11 ; 2 Chronicles 29:11 ; Nehemiah 7:65 ), of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:18-19

The blessing of the Rechabites. I. WHAT IT INCLUDED . It is very startling to find that their blessing is precisely that which is pronounced upon the spiritual Israel of the future. There are two factors in the blessing. 1 . Continuity of the fatally. 2 . Perpetuation of its religious standing and moral character: "To stand before me forever. It is said that descendants of the Rechabites have been discovered in Yocan, and that they still observe the strict regimen of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:18-19

Rewards of filial piety. We have an instance here. Literally, the promise annexed to the commandment, "Honour thy father," etc; was fulfilled; for their "days were long in the land which the Lord their God gave them." Now— I. THERE ARE SUCH REWARDS . 1 . Promised in God's Word (cf. passim). 2 . Visible in happy home life. 3 . Perpetuated in prosperous communities, nations, etc. 4 . Sanctioned by the laws of nature, of man, and of God. II. THEY ARE THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:18-19

God's recognition of the Rechabite obedience. This is just in accordance with what we might expect. The Rechabites, when they have been used to put Israel to shame, are not allowed to go away without a sufficient stamp on their noble conduct. The Divine estimate of that conduct is sufficiently shown by the words Jeremiah is authorized to speak. I. GOD WILL ALWAYS RECOGNIZE A SPIRIT OF OBEDIENCE . Here we lay emphasis, not so much on actual obedience, as on a spirit of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 35:19

Travelers bear witness to the existence of a large tribe who represent themselves as the descendants of the Rechabites. The prediction was also literally fulfilled in the Rechabites being in some way incorporated into the tribe of Levi, whose office especially it was to “stand before” Yahweh Deuteronomy 10:8. read more

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