Jeremiah 35:19
in Jeremiah 35this 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
8 notes on this verseTherefore 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 LORD promises that “Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.” Henry and Gill note that standing before the LORD is language used of priests and faithful servants, here given to a household without land.
This site's exposition
will never fail to have a man to stand before Me
The promise has been read in several ways. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown take it as sons of Jonadab who would always stand before the LORD. Barnes links standing before the LORD to the Levites in Deuteronomy 10:8, and Clarke records a view that the Essenes were sons of Rechab.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
(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.
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
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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 & Brown1802–1910
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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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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֗ן | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| כֹּ֥ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֛ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָא֖וֹת | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִכָּרֵ֨ת | yikaret | it will be cut off | H3772 → | 288 times |
| אִ֜ישׁ | ʾish | a man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| לְיוֹנָדָ֧ב | leyonadav | to Jonadab | H3122 → | 7 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רֵכָ֛ב | rekhav | Rechab | H7394 → | 13 times |
| עֹמֵ֥ד | ʾomed | [who] will stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
| לְפָנַ֖י | lefanai | <to> before me | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַיָּמִֽים׃ פ | haiyamim | the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
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.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 21:36So 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.”
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.
- 1 John 2:28
Through
Jude 1:24Now 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—
- 2 Timothy 4:18
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
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.