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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: <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/35.htm">New King James Version</a> And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, “Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts and done according to all that he commanded you, <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/35.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, “This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Because you have obeyed the command of Jonadab your father, kept all his commands, and done according to all that he commanded you, <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/35.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, &#8220Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, &#8216Because you have obeyed the command of Jonadab your father, kept all his commands and done according to all that he commanded you; <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/35.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, “Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have obeyed the command of Jonadab your father, kept all his commands, and done according to all that he commanded you; <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/35.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have listened to the command of Jonadab your father, kept all his commands, and done according to all that he commanded you, <a href="/amp/jeremiah/35.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, “Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have obeyed the command of Jonadab your father and have kept all his commands and have done according to all that he commanded you, <a href="/csb/jeremiah/35.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said, “This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the command of your ancestor Jonadab and have kept all his commands and have done everything he commanded you, <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/35.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: &#8220This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: &#8216Because you have obeyed the command of your ancestor Jonadab and have kept all his commands and have done all that he commanded you, <a href="/asv/jeremiah/35.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith Jehovah 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 commanded you; <a href="/cev/jeremiah/35.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Then the LORD told me to say to the Rechabite clan: "I am the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel. You have obeyed your ancestor Jonadab, <a href="/erv/jeremiah/35.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 commanded you; <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/35.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then Jeremiah said to the family of Rechab, "This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: You obeyed the order of your ancestor Jonadab, followed all his instructions, and did exactly what he told you to do. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/35.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then I told the Rechabite clan that the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, had said, "You have obeyed the command that your ancestor Jonadab gave you; you have followed all his instructions, and you have done everything he commanded you. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/35.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then Jeremiah told the house of the Rechabites, "This is what the LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel says: 'Because you obeyed the commandment of your ancestor Jonadab, have observed all his commandments, and have done everything that he commanded you,' <a href="/msb/jeremiah/35.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: ?This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ?Because you have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab and have kept all his commandments and have done all that he charged you to do, <a href="/net/jeremiah/35.htm">NET Bible</a> Then Jeremiah spoke to the Rechabite community, "The LORD God of Israel who rules over all says, 'You have obeyed the orders of your ancestor Jonadab. You have followed all his instructions. You have done exactly as he commanded you.' <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/35.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all that he commanded you'; <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/35.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And Jeremiah said to 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 to all that he hath commanded you: <a href="/web/jeremiah/35.htm">World English Bible</a> Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all that he commanded you,’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/35.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: “Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: Because that you have listened to the command of your father Jonadab, and you observe all his commands, and do according to all that he commanded you; <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/35.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And to the house of the Rechabites said Jeremiah: 'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Because that ye have hearkened unto the command of Jonadab your father, and ye observe all his commands, and do according to all that he commanded you; <a href="/slt/jeremiah/35.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Jeremiah said to the house of the Reehabites, Thus said Jehovah of armies, God of Israel, Because that ye heard to the command of Jonadab your father, and ye will watch all his commands, and ye will do all which he commanded you:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/35.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And Jeremias said to the house of the Rechabites: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and have kept all his precepts, and have done all that he commanded you: <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/35.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab, your father, and have kept all his precepts, and have done all that he has instructed you, <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/35.htm">New American Bible</a> But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said: Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Since you have obeyed the command of Jonadab, your father, kept all his commands and done everything he commanded you, <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/35.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said: Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the command of your ancestor Jonadab, and kept all his precepts, and done all that he commanded you,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/35.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts and done according to all that he has commanded you, <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/35.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And to the house of the Rekabites, Jeremiah said: “Thus says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, God of Israel: ‘Because you listened to the commandment of Yonadab your father and you kept all his commandments and you did everything that he commanded you<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/35.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And unto the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Because ye have hearkened to the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he commanded you; <a href="/sep/jeremiah/35.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Therefore thus saith the Lord; Since the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have hearkened to the command of their father, to do as their father commanded them: <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/35-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=11069" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/35.htm">Judah Rebuked</a> …17Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’ ” 18<a href="/hebrew/3414.htm" title="3414: yir·mə·yā·hū (N-proper-ms) -- Or Yirmyahuw; from ruwm and Yahh; Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites.">Then Jeremiah</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ū·lə·ḇêṯ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">to the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/7397.htm" title="7397: hā·rê·ḵā·ḇîm (Art:: N-proper-mp) -- Rechah -- descendant of Rechab. Probably feminine from rakak; softness; Rekah, a place in Palestine.">of the Rechabites:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh- (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">“This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3282.htm" title="3282: ya·‘an (Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to pay attention; properly, heed; by implication, purpose; used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause.">‘Because</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šə·ma‘·tem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">you have obeyed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4687.htm" title="4687: miṣ·waṯ (N-fsc) -- Commandment. From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine.">the command</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇî·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">of your forefather</a> <a href="/hebrew/3082.htm" title="3082: yə·hō·w·nā·ḏāḇ (N-proper-ms) -- From Yhovah and nadab; Jehovah-largessed; Jehonadab, the name of an Israelite and of an Arab.">Jonadab</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: wat·tiš·mə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2mp) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">and have kept</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4687.htm" title="4687: miṣ·wō·ṯāw (N-fpc:: 3ms) -- Commandment. From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine.">his commandments</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wat·ta·‘ă·śū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">and have done</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kə·ḵōl (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣiw·wāh (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">he charged you to do,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> 19this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/20-12.htm">Exodus 20:12</a> Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. <a href="/ephesians/6-1.htm">Ephesians 6:1-3</a> Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. / “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), / “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.” <a href="/deuteronomy/5-16.htm">Deuteronomy 5:16</a> Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. <a href="/proverbs/1-8.htm">Proverbs 1:8</a> Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. <a href="/proverbs/6-20.htm">Proverbs 6:20</a> My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. <a href="/colossians/3-20.htm">Colossians 3:20</a> Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord. <a href="/leviticus/19-3.htm">Leviticus 19:3</a> Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God. <a href="/matthew/15-4.htm">Matthew 15:4</a> For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ <a href="/mark/7-10.htm">Mark 7:10</a> For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ <a href="/luke/18-20.htm">Luke 18:20</a> You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’” <a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a> But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. <a href="/1_kings/2-3.htm">1 Kings 2:3-4</a> And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn, / and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ <a href="/2_kings/18-6.htm">2 Kings 18:6</a> He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses. <a href="/2_chronicles/31-21.htm">2 Chronicles 31:21</a> He acted with all his heart in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered. <a href="/psalms/119-4.htm">Psalm 119:4</a> You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all that he has commanded you:Because.<a href="/exodus/20-12.htm">Exodus 20:12</a> Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.<a href="/deuteronomy/5-16.htm">Deuteronomy 5:16</a> Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.<a href="/ephesians/6-1.htm">Ephesians 6:1-3</a> Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/35-17.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-16.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-16.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-16.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-17.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-7.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-17.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-12.htm">Jeremiah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-16.htm">Jonadab</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-16.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-16.htm">Obeyed</a> <a href="/proverbs/4-2.htm">Precepts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-5.htm">Rechabites</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/35-19.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-5.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-21.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-25.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-19.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-3.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-19.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-1.htm">Jeremiah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-19.htm">Jonadab</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-26.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/jeremiah/40-3.htm">Obeyed</a> <a href="/daniel/9-5.htm">Precepts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-2.htm">Rechabites</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 35</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/35-1.htm">By the obedience of the Rechabites,</a> 12. <a href="/jeremiah/35-12.htm">Jeremiah condemns the disobedience of the Jews.</a> 18. <a href="/jeremiah/35-18.htm">God blesses the Rechabites for their obedience.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/35.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/35.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: Jeremiah, a major prophet in the Old Testament, is addressing the Rechabites, a nomadic clan known for their strict adherence to the commands of their ancestor Jonadab. This encounter takes place in the context of a test of obedience, where the Rechabites are brought into the temple and offered wine, which they refuse, demonstrating their commitment to their ancestral vows. The Rechabites' lifestyle contrasts with the Israelites' disobedience, serving as a living parable for the people of Judah.“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: The title "LORD of Hosts" emphasizes God's sovereignty and power over all heavenly and earthly armies. It underscores the authority of the message being delivered. The phrase "the God of Israel" reaffirms the covenant relationship between God and His chosen people, Israel. This introduction is typical of prophetic declarations, indicating that the message is not Jeremiah's own but divinely inspired.‘Because you have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab Jonadab, son of Rechab, was a key figure during the time of King Jehu, known for his zeal in eradicating Baal worship from Israel (<a href="/2_kings/10-15.htm">2 Kings 10:15-23</a>). His commands to his descendants included abstaining from wine, not building houses, and living in tents, which were meant to preserve their nomadic lifestyle and set them apart from the surrounding cultures. The Rechabites' obedience to Jonadab's commands is highlighted as exemplary, contrasting with the disobedience of the Israelites to God's commands.and have kept all his commandments The Rechabites' faithfulness in keeping Jonadab's commandments is a testament to their respect for tradition and authority. This obedience is not just in abstaining from wine but in maintaining a lifestyle that reflects their ancestor's values. Their commitment serves as a rebuke to the people of Judah, who have failed to keep God's commandments despite His repeated warnings through the prophets.and have done all that he charged you to do, The Rechabites' complete adherence to Jonadab's instructions is emphasized here. Their actions are a model of faithfulness and integrity, demonstrating the importance of obedience to rightful authority. This phrase underscores the comprehensive nature of their obedience, which includes both specific actions and a broader lifestyle commitment. The Rechabites' example serves as a prophetic illustration of the blessings that come from obedience, foreshadowing the ultimate obedience of Jesus Christ, who perfectly fulfilled the will of His Father.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver His messages to the people of Judah. He is known for his prophecies of judgment and hope. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_rechabites.htm">The Rechabites</a> A nomadic clan in Israel known for their strict adherence to the commands of their ancestor Jonadab, including abstaining from wine and living in tents. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jonadab.htm">Jonadab (Jehonadab)</a> The forefather of the Rechabites, who commanded his descendants to live a life of simplicity and abstinence, as a way to remain faithful to God. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The LORD of Hosts</a> A title for God emphasizing His sovereignty and command over the heavenly armies, highlighting His power and authority. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_god_of_israel.htm">The God of Israel</a> A title that underscores God's covenant relationship with the people of Israel, reminding them of His faithfulness and their obligations to Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_godly_heritage.htm">Obedience to Godly Heritage</a> The Rechabites' faithfulness to Jonadab's commands serves as a model for honoring and upholding godly traditions and teachings passed down through generations. <a href="/topical/l/living_counter-culturally.htm">Living Counter-Culturally</a> The Rechabites' lifestyle was distinct from the surrounding culture, reminding believers of the call to live set apart and not conform to worldly standards. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_small_things.htm">Faithfulness in Small Things</a> The Rechabites' commitment to seemingly small commands highlights the importance of faithfulness in all areas of life, as God values obedience in both great and small matters. <a href="/topical/g/god's_recognition_of_faithfulness.htm">God's Recognition of Faithfulness</a> God acknowledges and rewards the faithfulness of the Rechabites, encouraging believers that their obedience does not go unnoticed by God. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_example.htm">The Power of Example</a> Jonadab's influence on his descendants underscores the impact one person's faithfulness can have on future generations, inspiring believers to live lives worthy of emulation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_35.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 35</a> <a href="/q/how_does_jer._35_7_align_with_num._33_53.htm">Jeremiah 35:7 – How does the command never to build houses align with God’s directive for Israel to settle in the land (Numbers 33:53)? </a> <a href="/q/could_a_family_abstain_from_wine_culturally.htm">Jeremiah 35:6 – Is it plausible that a family lineage strictly abstained from wine in a culture where wine was central to various religious observances? </a> <a href="/q/how_to_verify_rechabites_without_evidence.htm">Jeremiah 35:2 - How can this account be historically verified if no clear archaeological evidence of the Rechabites has been uncovered?</a> <a href="/q/why_highlight_rechabites'_unique_obedience.htm">Jeremiah 35:14 - Why does this narrative emphasize the Rechabites' obedience as exceptional, when the broader biblical context frequently speaks of faithful believers?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/35.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father.--The words decide nothing as to the obligation of the commandment referred to upon others. The law which Jeremiah received as given by God laid down no such rule of life. A righteous life was possible without it (<a href="/jeremiah/22-15.htm" title="Shall you reign, because you close yourself in cedar? did not your father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?">Jeremiah 22:15</a>; <a href="/matthew/11-19.htm" title="The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a drunkard, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.">Matthew 11:19</a>). What he was taught to praise was the steadfastness and loyalty with which they adhered to a merely human precept, not at variance with the letter of any divine law, and designed, like the Nazarite vow, to carry the spirit of that law--the idea of a life-long consecration--to its highest point. The temper of faithfulness to any rule of life sanctioned by prescription, whether it be that of a school, a college, a guild, or a religious order, is in itself praiseworthy as compared with that of individual self-assertion and self-will.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/35.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 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 (<a href="/deuteronomy/10-8.htm">Deuteronomy 10:8</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/18-5.htm">Deuteronomy 18:5, 7</a>), of the worship of the patriarchs (<a href="/genesis/19-27.htm">Genesis 19:27</a>), of the priests (<a href="/1_kings/8-11.htm">1 Kings 8:11</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/29-11.htm">2 Chronicles 29:11</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/7-65.htm">Nehemiah 7:65</a>), of prophets (<a href="/1_kings/18-15.htm">1 Kings 18:15</a>), of priests and Levites together (<a href="/psalms/134-1.htm">Psalm 134:1</a>; <a href="/psalms/135-2.htm">Psalm 135:2</a>)." It is, however, rash, perhaps, to maintain, with the same acute scholar, that the Rechabites were adopted into the tribe of Levi. The phrase may be simply chosen to indicate the singular favour with which Jehovah regarded the Rechabites - a favour only to be compared to that accorded to his most honoured servants among the Israelites - the patriarchs, the priests, and the prophets. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/35-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then Jeremiah יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ (yir·mə·yā·hū) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3414.htm">Strong's 3414: </a> Jeremiah -- 'Yah loosens', the name of a number of Israelites said אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to the house וּלְבֵ֨ית (ū·lə·ḇêṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of the Rechabites: הָרֵכָבִ֜ים (hā·rê·ḵā·ḇîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7397.htm">Strong's 7397: </a> Rechah -- descendant of Rechab “This is what כֹּֽה־ (kōh-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now the LORD יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of Hosts, צְבָאוֹת֙ (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign the God אֱלֹהֵ֣י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc says: אָמַ֞ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘Because יַ֚עַן (ya·‘an) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3282.htm">Strong's 3282: </a> Heed, purpose, to indicate the reason, cause you have obeyed שְׁמַעְתֶּ֔ם (šə·ma‘·tem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently the command מִצְוַ֖ת (miṣ·waṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> Commandment of your forefather אֲבִיכֶ֑ם (’ă·ḇî·ḵem) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father Jonadab יְהוֹנָדָ֣ב (yə·hō·w·nā·ḏāḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3082.htm">Strong's 3082: </a> Jonadab -- 'the LORD is noble', a Rechabite, also a nephew of David and have kept וַֽתִּשְׁמְרוּ֙ (wat·tiš·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every his commandments מִצְוֺתָ֔יו (miṣ·wō·ṯāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> Commandment and have done וַֽתַּעֲשׂ֔וּ (wat·ta·‘ă·śū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make all כְּכֹ֥ל (kə·ḵōl) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every that אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that he charged you to do, צִוָּ֖ה (ṣiw·wāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/35-18.htm">Jeremiah 35:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/35-18.htm">Jeremiah 35:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/35-18.htm">Jeremiah 35:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/35-18.htm">Jeremiah 35:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/35-18.htm">Jeremiah 35:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/35-18.htm">Jeremiah 35:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/35-18.htm">Jeremiah 35:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/35-18.htm">Jeremiah 35:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/35-18.htm">Jeremiah 35:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/35-18.htm">Jeremiah 35:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-18.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 35:18 Jeremiah said to the house (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/35-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 35:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 35:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/35-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 35:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 35:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>