Jer 35:1
35:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days
     {a} of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

     (a) For the disposition and order of these prophecies.
         \\See Geneva "Jer 27:1"\\

Jer 35:2
35:2 Go to the house of the {b} Rechabites, and speak to them,
     and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the
     chambers, and give them wine to drink.

     (b) They came from Hobab, Moses father-in-law, who was no
         Israelite, but later joined with them in the service of
         God.

Jer 35:4
35:4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the
     chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man
     {c} of God, who [was] by the chamber of the princes, which
     [was] above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the
     keeper of the door:

     (c) That is, a prophet.

Jer 35:5
35:5 And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites
     pots full of wine, and cups, and I {d} said to them, Drink
     ye wine.

     (d) The prophet says not. The Lord says thus, for then they
         ought to have obeyed, but he tends to another end: that
         is, to declare their obedience to man, seeing the Jews
         would not obey God himself.

Jer 35:6
35:6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for {e} Jonadab the
     son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall
     drink no wine, [neither ye], nor your sons for ever:

     (e) Whom the king of Israel favoured for his zeal,
         @2Ki 10:15.
     (f) Teaching them by this to flee all opportunity for
         intemperancy, ambition and greed and that they might
         know that they were strangers in the earth, and be
         ready to depart at all opportunity.

Jer 35:10
35:10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done
      according to {g} all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

      (g) Which was now for the span of three hundred years from
          Jehu to Jehoiakim.

Jer 35:11
35:11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadnezzar 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 {h} dwell at
      Jerusalem.

      (h) Which declares that they were not so bound to their
          vow that it could not be broken for any need, for
          where they were commanded to dwell in tents, they
          dwell now at Jerusalem for fear of the wars.

Jer 35:13
35:13 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and
      tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
      Will {i} ye not receive instruction to hearken to my
      words? saith the LORD.

      (i) Whom I have chosen to be my children seeing these who
          were the children of a heathen, obeyed the commandment
          of their father.

Jer 35:14
35:14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded
      his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for to this day
      they drink none, but obey their father's commandment:
      however I have spoken to you, {k} rising early and
      speaking; but ye hearkened not to me.

      (k) I have most diligently exhorted and warned you both by
          myself and my prophet.

Jer 35:17
35:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of
      Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the
      inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have
      pronounced against them: because I have {l} spoken to
      them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them,
      but they have not answered.

      (l) That is, by his prophets and ministers which shows
          that it is as much, as though he would speak to us
          himself when he sends his ministers to speak in his
          Name.

Jer 35:19
35:19 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
      Jonadab the son of Rechab shall {m} not lack a man to
      stand before me for ever.

      (m) His posterity will continue and be in my favour for
          ever.



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