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Jeremiah 35:18 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 35 · verse 18
And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:Jeremiah 35:18 · King James Version
Jeremiah 35:18 in context
16Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
17Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.
18And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:
19Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commandmentmitsvâha command, whether human or divineH4687 →
- RechabitesRêkâhRekah, a place in PalestineH7397 →
- JeremiahYirmᵉyâhJirmejah, the name of eight or nine IsraelitesH3414 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- obeyedshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-19