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Jeremiah 35:19

in Jeremiah 35

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.’”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Jeremiah 35

Commentary

7 notes on this verse
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." (h); his offspring shall never fail.

This site's exposition

the house of the Rechabites

on Jeremiah 35:18-19

The clan that kept a man's word for two hundred years receives a promise from God's own mouth: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever, a household without land or vineyard given a permanence Judah had just forfeited. Henry and Gill both note the shape of the reward, standing before the Lord echoes the language used of priests and of faithful servants, honor extended to outsiders who kept a lesser law rather than to the covenant people who broke a greater one. The chapter closes without further comment, the contrast between verses 11 and 19 left to make its own case.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) Temperance, self-denial, and mortification to the world, do very much befriend the exercises of piety, and help to transmit the observance of them to posterity. The more dead we are to the delights of sense the better we are disposed for the service of God; but nothing is more fatal to the entail of religion in a family than pride and luxury.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem. This chapter is of an earlier date than many of those before; for what is contained in it was said and done in the days of Jehoiakim (

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The Nineteenth Century3 voices

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 Deu 10:8.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

not want a man to stand before me--There shall always be left representatives of the clan to worship Me (Jer 15:1, 19); or, "before Me" means simple existence, for all things in existence are in God's sight (Ps 89:36).

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

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, were literally their descendants and that these were they who followed our Lord particularly, and became the first converts to the Gospel. If so, the prophecy is literally fulfilled: they shall never want a man to stand before God, to proclaim his salvation, and minister to the edification and salvation of others, as long as the earth shall endure.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • לָכֵ֗ן<to> therefore

    lakhenH3651 →771 times

  • כֹּ֥הthus

    kohH3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֛רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָ֥הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • צְבָא֖וֹתof hosts

    tzevaotH6635 →485 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יִכָּרֵ֨תit will be cut off

    yikaretH3772 →288 times

  • אִ֜ישׁa man

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • לְיוֹנָדָ֧בto Jonadab

    leyonadavH3122 →7 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • רֵכָ֛בRechab

    rekhavH7394 →13 times

  • עֹמֵ֥ד[who] will stand

    ʾomedH5975 →521 times

  • לְפָנַ֖י<to> before me

    lefanaiH6440 →2123 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַיָּמִֽים׃ פthe days

    haiyamimH3117 →2304 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 15:1Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.9 worksJeremiah 15:19Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.6 worksLuke 21:36So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”5 worksPsalms 5:5The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.4 worksJeremiah 33:17–18For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,4 worksJude 1:24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—4 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Chronicles 2:55Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.4 worksJeremiah 40:10As for me, I will stay in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine grapes, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have taken.”4 worksJeremiah 29:32this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Luke 21:36

    So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

    it leads to

    • 1 John 2:28

      And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.

    • Matthew 25:13

      Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

    • 1 Peter 5:8

      Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

    • Matthew 24:42

      Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.

    • 1 Peter 4:7

      The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.

  • Through

    Jude 1:24

    Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

    it leads to

    • 2 Timothy 4:18

      And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

    • Ephesians 3:20

      Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,

    • Colossians 1:22

      But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Jeremiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 35 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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