Jeremiah 35:15 NKJV,NLT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 35:12-19

The trial of the Rechabites? constancy was intended but for a sign; now here we have the application of it. I. The Rechabites? observance of their father's charge to them is made use of as an aggravation of the disobedience of the Jews to God. Let them see it and be ashamed. The prophet asks them, in God's name, ?Will you not at length receive instruction? Jer. 35:13. Will nothing affect you? Will nothing fasten upon you? Will nothing prevail to discover sin and duty to you? You see how... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:15

I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets ,.... One after another, ever since the times of Moses, to explain and enforce the laws given; a circumstance not to be observed in the case of the Rechabites; who yet, without such intimations, kept the charge their father gave them: rising up early, and sending them ; see Jeremiah 7:13 ; saying, return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them ; all which were of a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:15

Verse 15 He afterwards adds, that he was assiduous in teaching them, rising early and speaking By speaking, he intimates that he had daily repeated the same things, so that forgetfulness might not be pleaded by the Jews as an excuse: I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking, and ye obeyed me not Then follows an explanation,wthat God had sent the Prophets: the Jews would have otherwise been ready to object and say, that God had never appeared to them. Hence he says, that he had spoken... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:1-19

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:11-17

Filal obedience. The filial obedience of the Rechabites is here adduced as a rebuke to the people of Israel for their disobedience to their Father in heaven. I. WE OWE A DUTY OF FILIAL OBEDIENCE TO GOD . Obligation corresponds to privilege; peculiar relationship involves peculiar duties. If God is our Father, we owe special obedience to God on account of our relationship with him. The doctrine of the fatherhood of God is no excuse for the relaxation of the fidelity... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:12-17

Rechabites unconsciously reproving Israelites. I. HOW FAR THE MEN OF JUDAH WERE REALLY CONDEMNED ; i.e. How far were the cases really parallel? The first question to be asked is—Were the men of Judah as able to obey the commandments of Jehovah as the Rechabites were to obey the precept of Jonadab? and, of course, the answer is that for many reasons they were not. But passing this over for the present, let us notice the one respect in which Israelites were lamentably... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:15

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 35:15

All ... the prophets - The Rechabites had had but one lawgiver: the Jews had had a succession of messengers from God. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 35:12-16

Jeremiah 35:12-16. Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah As the trial of the constancy of the Rechabites was only intended for a sign, so now we have the application of it made by God himself. Tell the men of Judah, Will ye not receive instruction? &c. Will nothing enlighten or affect you? Will nothing prevail to make you sensible of your sin and duty? You see how obedient the Rechabites are to their father’s commandment; but you have not hearkened unto me Though it might... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:1-19

35:1-45:5 EVENTS IN JUDAH AND EGYPTA lesson from the Rechabites (35:1-19)Events recorded in the book of Jeremiah are not in chronological order, and Jeremiah now takes the readers back to the reign of Jehoiakim. He recounts a story concerning the Rechabites, a community of local tribal people who lived peaceably among the Israelites (1 Chronicles 2:55). The Rechabites were forbidden by their long-standing customs to drink wine. They were true worshippers of Yahweh and were fiercely anti-Baal... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 35:12-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:11-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:12-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 35:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 35:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 35:12-16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:1-19

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