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Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/35.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: “Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not lack a man to stand before Me forever.” ’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/35.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />therefore this is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: “Jonadab the son of Rechab will not lack a man to stand before Me always.”’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/35.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, &#8220Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not lack a man to stand before Me always."&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/35.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not lack a man to stand before Me always.”’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/35.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not have a man cut off from standing before Me always.”’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/35.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “Jonadab the son of Rechab shall never fail to have a man (descendant) to stand before Me always.”’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/35.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />this is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before me always.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/35.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to always stand before Me.&#8217&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/35.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/35.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />so I promise that your clan will be my servants and will never die out." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/35.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />therefore 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/35.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So this is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: A descendant of Jonadab, Rechab's son, will always serve me."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/35.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So I, the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, promise that Jonadab son of Rechab will always have a male descendant to serve me." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/35.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />therefore, this is what the LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel says: 'Rechab's son Jonadab won't lack a descendant who serves me always.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/35.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />this 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.??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/35.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD God of Israel who rules over all says, 'Jonadab son of Rechab will never lack a male descendant to serve me.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/35.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me forever.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/35.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/35.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />therefore Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Jonadab the son of Rechab will not lack a man to stand before me forever.’” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/35.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: A man of Jonadab son of Rechab is not cut off [from] standing before Me all the days.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/35.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Of Jonadab son of Rechab one standing before me is not cut off all the days.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/35.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For this, thus said Jehovah of armies, God of Israel, A man shall not be cut off to Jonadab son of Rechab, to stand before my face all the days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/35.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore thus saith the Lord of host the God of Israel: There shall not be wanting a man of the race of Jonadab the son of Rechab, standing before me for ever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/35.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />because of this, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: There will not be a man lacking from the stock of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, standing in my sight, for all days.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/35.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Never shall there fail to be a descendant of Jonadab, Rechab’s son, standing in my presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/35.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab son of Rechab shall not lack a descendant to stand before me for all time.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/35.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not lack an heir to stand before me for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/35.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of this, thus says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, God of Israel: a man of Yonadab, son of Rekab, shall not fail standing before me all of the days <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/35.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: There shall not be cut off unto Jonadab the son of Rechab a man to stand before Me for ever.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/35.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />there shall never be wanting a man of the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab to stand before my face while the earth remains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/35-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=11087" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/35.htm">Judah Rebuked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>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, <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: lā·ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></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/3122.htm" title="3122: lə·yō·w·nā·ḏāḇ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Jonadab. A form of Yhownadab; Jonadab, the name of an Israelite and of a Rechabite.">Jonadab</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">son</a> <a href="/hebrew/7394.htm" title="7394: rê·ḵāḇ (N-proper-ms) -- From rakab; rider; Rekab, the name of two Arabs and of two Israelites.">of Rechab</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">will never</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."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: yik·kā·rêṯ (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">fail to have</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">a man</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yā·mîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: ‘ō·mêḏ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">to stand</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·nay (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before Me.’”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-35.htm">1 Samuel 2:35</a></span><br />Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-4.htm">1 Kings 2:4</a></span><br />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.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-5.htm">1 Kings 9:5</a></span><br />then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-16.htm">2 Samuel 7:16</a></span><br />Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/10-30.htm">2 Kings 10:30</a></span><br />Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-14.htm">1 Chronicles 17:14</a></span><br />But I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/28-9.htm">1 Chronicles 28:9</a></span><br />As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-29.htm">Psalm 89:29</a></span><br />I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/132-12.htm">Psalm 132:12</a></span><br />If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-4.htm">Isaiah 56:4-5</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant— / I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-15.htm">Ezekiel 44:15-16</a></span><br />But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD. / They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/2-4.htm">Malachi 2:4-5</a></span><br />Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts. / “My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/19-29.htm">Matthew 19:29</a></span><br />And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-21.htm">Matthew 25:21</a></span><br />His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-33.htm">Luke 1:33</a></span><br />and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.</p><p class="hdg">Jonadab, etc.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/33-17.htm">Jeremiah 33:17</a></b></br> For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/2-55.htm">1 Chronicles 2:55</a></b></br> And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, <i>and</i> Suchathites. These <i>are</i> the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.</p><p class="hdg">stand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/15-19.htm">Jeremiah 15:19</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, <i>and</i> thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/33-17.htm">Jeremiah 33:17,18</a></b></br> For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/5-5.htm">Psalm 5:5</a></b></br> The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/35-13.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-7.htm">Always</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-18.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-18.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-6.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-18.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-18.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-18.htm">Jonadab</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-16.htm">Jon'adab</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-18.htm">Lack</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-16.htm">Recab</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-16.htm">Rechab</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-25.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-5.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-18.htm">Want</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/44-11.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-20.htm">Always</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-17.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-23.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-33.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-17.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-3.htm">Jonadab</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-3.htm">Jon'adab</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-9.htm">Lack</a> <a href="/2_samuel/4-5.htm">Recab</a> <a href="/2_samuel/4-2.htm">Rechab</a> <a href="/jeremiah/40-10.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-21.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-22.htm">Want</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 35</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/35-1.htm">By the obedience of the Rechabites,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/35-12.htm">Jeremiah condemns the disobedience of the Jews.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/35-18.htm">God blesses the Rechabites for their obedience.</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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><b>this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the authority and sovereignty of God. The title "LORD of Hosts" refers to God's command over the armies of heaven, highlighting His power and majesty. "The God of Israel" underscores His covenant relationship with the nation of Israel, reminding the audience of His faithfulness and the special bond He shares with His chosen people. This introduction sets the stage for a divine pronouncement, indicating that what follows is not merely human opinion but a declaration from the Almighty.<p><b>Jonadab son of Rechab:</b><br>Jonadab, also known as Jehonadab, was a descendant of Rechab, the founder of the Rechabites. The Rechabites were a nomadic group known for their strict adherence to a lifestyle of abstinence from wine, living in tents, and avoiding permanent settlements, as instructed by Jonadab. This lifestyle was a protest against the Canaanite influence and a commitment to purity and obedience to God. Jonadab's influence was significant, and his instructions were followed by his descendants for generations, as seen in <a href="/jeremiah/35.htm">Jeremiah 35</a>.<p><b>will never fail to have a man to stand before Me:</b><br>This promise signifies a perpetual blessing for the descendants of Jonadab. "To stand before Me" implies a position of service and favor in the presence of God. This phrase suggests a continuous line of faithful servants who will maintain their devotion to God, reminiscent of the Levitical priesthood's role in serving before the Lord. The Rechabites' obedience to their forefather's commands is rewarded with this divine assurance, highlighting the biblical principle that faithfulness and obedience to God lead to His blessings. This promise also echoes the eternal nature of God's covenants, as seen in His promises to David and the Levitical priesthood.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jonadab_son_of_rechab.htm">Jonadab son of Rechab</a></b><br>A key figure in this passage, Jonadab was the ancestor of the Rechabites, a nomadic clan known for their obedience to his command to abstain from wine and live in tents. His legacy of faithfulness is honored by God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/r/rechabites.htm">Rechabites</a></b><br>A clan descended from Rechab, known for their strict adherence to the commands of their forefather Jonadab. They serve as an example of faithfulness and obedience to God's commands.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>The prophet who conveyed God's message to the Rechabites and used their example to teach the people of Judah about obedience and faithfulness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The LORD of Hosts</a></b><br>A title for God emphasizing His sovereignty and power over all heavenly armies, underscoring the authority behind the promise made to Jonadab's descendants.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_god_of_israel.htm">The God of Israel</a></b><br>This title highlights God's covenant relationship with Israel, reinforcing the idea that His promises are trustworthy and rooted in His unchanging nature.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>The Rechabites' faithfulness to Jonadab's commands serves as a powerful example of the blessings that come from obedience to God and His appointed leaders.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_of_faith.htm">Legacy of Faith</a></b><br>Jonadab's influence on his descendants highlights the impact one person's faithfulness can have on future generations. We are encouraged to live in a way that leaves a godly legacy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a></b><br>The promise that Jonadab's descendants will always stand before God underscores His faithfulness. We can trust that God will fulfill His promises to us as well.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_distinctiveness.htm">Cultural Distinctiveness</a></b><br>The Rechabites maintained their distinct lifestyle in obedience to their forefather. As Christians, we are called to live distinctively in the world, adhering to God's standards.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/standing_firm_in_faith.htm">Standing Firm in Faith</a></b><br>The Rechabites' example encourages us to stand firm in our convictions, even when societal norms challenge our beliefs.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_35.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 35</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_jer._35_19_conflict_with_covenant_breaks.htm">Jeremiah 35:19 – Does the promise of perpetual blessings for the Rechabites conflict with other scriptures that suggest Israel’s covenants can be broken?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/father's_past_actions'_effects.htm">What are the consequences of a father's past actions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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 name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/35.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.</span>--Taking the words in their simplest literal sense, they find a fulfilment in the strange unlooked-for way in which the name and customs of the Rechabites have cropped up from time to time. The Jewish historian Hegesippus (see Euseb. <span class= "ital">Hist. Eccl. </span>ii. 23), in his account of the martyrdom of James the Just, names the sons of the Rechabites as looking on in reverential sympathy with one whose life, like their own, carried the Nazarite type to its highest perfection. In the account which Diodorus Siculns (xix. 94) gives of the Nabathaeans as neither sowing seed, nor planting fruit-trees, nor building houses, and enforcing this rule of life under pain of death, we can scarcely fail to recognise the Rechabite type. Benjamin of Tudela, in the twelfth century, reports that he found 100,000 Jews who were named Rechabites, and who lived after their fashion near <span class= "ital">El Jubar, </span>and that they were governed by a prince of the house of David. More recent travellers, Dr. Wolff (<span class= "ital">Journal, </span>1829, ii. 334; 1839, <span class= "ital">p. </span>389) and Signor Pierotti (<span class= "ital">Transactions of British Association, </span>1862), report that they have met tribes near Mecca, on the Dead Sea, or in Yemen and Senaar, who observed the rule of Jonadab, claimed to be his descendants, referred to <a href="/jeremiah/35-19.htm" title="Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.">Jeremiah 35:19</a> as fulfilled in them, and led the life of devout Jews. It is probable, however, that in these later instances we may trace the effect of the Wahabee ascetic movement among the Mahomedan Arabs, identifying its rule with the old practice of the son of Rechab (Burckhardt: <span class= "ital">Bedouins and Wahabys, </span>p. 283).<p>The words "stand before" have, however, in Hebrew a distinct secondary meaning. It was a definitely liturgical expression for the ministrations of the Levites who were chosen to "stand before" the Lord (<a href="/deuteronomy/10-8.htm" title="At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.">Deuteronomy 10:8</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/18-5.htm" title="For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.">Deuteronomy 18:5</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/18-7.htm" title="Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.">Deuteronomy 18:7</a>), and a like meaning is prominent in <a href="/jeremiah/7-10.htm" title="And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?">Jeremiah 7:10</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/15-19.htm" title="Therefore thus said the LORD, If you return, then will I bring you again, and you shall stand before me: and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: let them return to you; but return not you to them.">Jeremiah 15:19</a>; <a href="/genesis/18-22.htm" title="And the men turned their faces from there, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.">Genesis 18:22</a>; <a href="/judges/20-28.htm" title="And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into your hand.">Judges 20:28</a>; <a href="/psalms/134-1.htm" title="Behold, bless you the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.">Psalm 134:1</a>. The Targum of this passage, indeed, actually gives "ministering before me" as its paraphrase. The natural inference would be that the Rechabites were by these words admitted, in virtue of their Nazarite character, to serve as Levites in the Temple--to be, in fact, a higher class of Nethinim (see Notes on <a href="/1_chronicles/9-2.htm" title="Now the first inhabitants that dwelled in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.">1Chronicles 9:2</a>; <a href="/ezra/2-43.htm" title="The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,">Ezra 2:43</a>)--and this view is confirmed (1) by the fact that the LXX. ascribes Psalms 71 to "the sons of Jonadab, the first that were led captive;<span class= "ital">" </span>(2) that a son of Rechab is associated in <a href="/nehemiah/3-14.htm" title="But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.">Nehemiah 3:14</a> with priests and Levites and nobles in repairing the walls of Jerusalem; (3) in <a href="/1_chronicles/2-55.htm" title="And the families of the scribes which dwelled at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.">1Chronicles 2:55</a> the Rechabites have become scribes, and in the Vulgate (evidence of a Jewish tradition as to the meaning of the words), the proper names of the English version, "Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites," which add nothing to our knowledge, are represented by "c<span class= "ital">anentes et resonantes et in tabernaculis commorantes" </span>("singing, and playing instruments, and dwelling in tents"), which unite the functions of Levites with the mode of life of the Rechabites. So Hegesippus (as above) speaks of priests who were of the sons of Rechab in the Apostolic age. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/35-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">this is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(kōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Hosts,</span><br /><span class="heb">צְבָא֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says:</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֛ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jonadab</span><br /><span class="heb">לְיוֹנָדָ֧ב</span> <span class="translit">(lə·yō·w·nā·ḏāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3122.htm">Strong's 3122: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jonadab</span><br /><br /><span class="word">son</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(ben-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Rechab</span><br /><span class="heb">רֵכָ֛ב</span> <span class="translit">(rê·ḵāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7394.htm">Strong's 7394: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rechab -- perhaps 'band of riders', a Benjamite, also the head of a nomadic family</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will never</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fail to have</span><br /><span class="heb">יִכָּרֵ֨ת</span> <span class="translit">(yik·kā·rêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a man</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֜ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to stand</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹמֵ֥ד</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·mêḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before Me.’”</span><br /><span class="heb">לְפָנַ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·p̄ā·nay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/35-19.htm">Jeremiah 35:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/35-19.htm">Jeremiah 35:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/35-19.htm">Jeremiah 35:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/35-19.htm">Jeremiah 35:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/35-19.htm">Jeremiah 35:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/35-19.htm">Jeremiah 35:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/35-19.htm">Jeremiah 35:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/35-19.htm">Jeremiah 35:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/35-19.htm">Jeremiah 35:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/35-19.htm">Jeremiah 35:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/35-19.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 35:19 Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/35-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 35:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 35:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/36-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 36:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 36:1" /></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>