Jeremiah 35:16

Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 35. A Lesson in Obedience from the Rechabites. These were the descendants of that Jonadab who, in 842, aided Jehu to overthrow the house o...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Because, &c. They are praised for their obedience, without reference to the nature of the command. Jonadab is not justified by this for impos...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet says nothing new here, but confirms what has been said before; and this he did, that the indignity of the people’s conduct might mo...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not h...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Nineteenth Prophecy (Reign of Jehoiakim). The Obedience of the Rechabites This and Jeremiah 36 form a break in the narrative, bringin...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER IV THE RECHABITES Jeremiah 35:1-19 "Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before Me forever."- Jeremiah 35:19 THI...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Lesson from the Rechabites Jeremiah 35:1-19 Among the refugees from the neighboring country who sought asylum within the walls of Jerusalem,...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The last of these prophecies of the siege consists of telling the story of the Rechabites and applying it to the existing conditions. Jeremiah told h...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here we have the application of the history, as the Lord intended it, to Judah and Jerusalem: and a close heart-felt application it is. Reader! do no...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Because the son of Jonadab the son of Rechab ,.... Here we have the contrast between the Rechabites and the Israelites; the obedience of the one, an...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not heark...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 appli...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Case of the Rechabites Applied. B. C. 607....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Rechabites Are Held Up As An Example Of Obedience To Their Father ( Jeremiah 35:1-19 ). Commencing with the words, ‘The word which came to Jer...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Uses The Loyalty Of The Rechabites To Their ‘Father' As A Contrast With The Behaviour Of Judah Towards Their ‘Father' ( Jeremiah 35:12-19 )....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. Seventeen years earlier than the preceding narrative of the manumission of the slave...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 35:2 . Go to the house of the Rechabites, then come up to Jerusalem with their flocks for fear of the Chaldean army. This family is often...
The Biblical Illustrator

Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to...
The Biblical Illustrator

I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them,...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The third member of this group of short prophecies. In it, Jeremiah points to the faithful obedience of the Rechabites, as putting to...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Application
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Because the sons of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them, but this people hath not hear...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 1:3 ; Jeremiah 35:14 ; Luke 15:11-13 ; Luke 15:28-30 ; Malachi 1:6 ; Matthew 11:28-30

¹⁶ Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 35:16

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 35:16