Jeremiah 35:12

_THEN CAME THE WORD OF THE LORD UNTO JEREMIAH, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

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 our pious forefathers, and we shall find good in so doing....

EXPOSITION The third member of this group of short prophecies. In it, Jeremiah points to the faithful obedience of the Rechabites, as putting to shame the infidelity of Judahites. It belongs obviously to the time before the arrival of Nebuchadnezzar, perhaps to the summer of B.C. 606. (See Dr. Plumptre's poem, "The House of the Rechabites," part 2, in 'Lazarus and other Poems.') JEREMIAH 35:2 THE HOUSE OF THE RECHABITES ("house" equivalent to "family"). From a notice in 1 Chronicles 2:55 it appears that the Rechabites were a subdivision of the Kenites, the nomad tribe so closely connected with the Israelites (Judges 1:16;...

THEN CAME THE WORD OF THE LORD UNTO JEREMIAH,.... After the Rechabites had been tried whether they would break the command of their father, respecting drinking of wine; and steadfastly persisted in their resolution not to drink, urging the reason of it, and vindicating their conduct in another respect: SAYING; as follows:...

CHAPTER 35 The Faithful Rechabites and the Unfaithful Jews _ 1. The command concerning the Rechabites (Jeremiah 35:1) _ 2. The lesson for the Jews (Jeremiah 35:12) The Rechabites were Kenites and were numbered with the children of Israel 1 Chronicles 2:55. During the reign of Jehoiakim the incident of this chapter happened. The critics may rave against the “unchronological” construction of Jeremiah jumping from one period into another, but there we see the guiding hand of the Spirit in the arrangement of these events. It is perfectly in order that this should come next to the chapter which relates the broken covenant. A careful reading and study of this chapter will bring

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 *); 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....

THE FAITHFUL RECHABITES (35:12-19) GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment._ -- Jeremiah 35:14. TIME. --About B. C. 606. PLACE. --Jerusalem HELPFUL READINGS. -- 2 Kings 10:15-27; Jeremiah 35:1-11; 2 Chronicles 36:15-21. LESSON ANALYSIS. 1.. Pledge Taken; 2.. Faithful People; 3.. Telling Example; 4.. Splendid Promise. INTRODUCTION. About B. C. 607, the greatest monarch who ever sat on the Babylonian throne moved upon Judah to take vengeance for the disloyalty shown in the recen

_unto Jeremiah_ LXX, better, _unto me_. It is more natural to retain the 1st person in accordance with the previous context, thus taking the proper name as a gloss....

B. The Faithlessness of the Jews Jeremiah 35:12-15 TRANSLATION (12) And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, (13) Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Go and say to the man of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Will you not accept correction to obey My words (oracle of the LORD)? (14) The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, which he commanded his sons that they drink no wine, have been carried out. Unto this day they drink no wine, because they obeyed the commandment of their father. But I have spoken unto you earnestly and persistently; yet you have not hearkened unto Me! (15) With urgency and persistency I sent unto you all My servants the prophets who said, Turn please each man from his evil way, and amend your deeds, and do not go after other gods to serve them, then you shall continue to dwell in the land which I gave to you and to yo

JEREMIAH'S NINETEENTH PROPHECY (REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM). THE OBEDIENCE OF THE RECHABITES This and Jeremiah 36 form a break in the narrative, bringing us back from the tenth year of Zedekiah to the insecurity which followed upon Nebuchadnezzars victory of Carchemish (fourth year of Jehoiakim), when predatory bands of Chaldeans and others had compelled many of the inhabitants of Palestine to take refuge within Jerusalem. Among these were the Rechabites, a nomadic tribe of Kenite descent. The prophet contrasts their obedience to the precepts of their leader Jonadab (who lived about two centuries and a half before this time, 2 Kings 10:15;) with the disobedience of Judah. Each shall receive its meet recompense. 1-11. The Rechabites'rule of life....