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Text -- Jeremiah 35:6 (NET)

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35:6 But they answered, “We do not drink wine because our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us not to. He told us, ‘You and your children must never drink wine.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother,son of Rechab whose clan was a good example of obeying ones elders
 · Rechab a clan of Judah,son of Rimmon of Benjamin; a captain in Saul's army,father of Jehonadab, a friend of Jehu, King of Israel,father of Malchijah, ruler of the district of Beth-Haccherem


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Wine | Temptation | Self-denial | Rechabites | Rechab | RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY | RECHAB; RECHABITES | PRISON | ORDER | Nazirite | KENITES | Jonadab | JEHU | JEHONADAB | Hanan | HABAZINIAH | GENTILES | FATHER | DRUNKENNESS | Abstinence, Total | more
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TSK Synopsis , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Keil-Delitzsch , Constable

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Jer 35:6 - -- Jonadab of whom we read, 2Ki 10:15, was the father, that is the progenitor of the Rechabites, at three hundred years distance.

Jonadab of whom we read, 2Ki 10:15, was the father, that is the progenitor of the Rechabites, at three hundred years distance.

JFB: Jer 35:6 - -- That is, forefather and director, three hundred years before (2Ki 10:15). They were called Rechabites, not Jonadabites, having received their name fro...

That is, forefather and director, three hundred years before (2Ki 10:15). They were called Rechabites, not Jonadabites, having received their name from Rechab the father, previously to their adopting the injunctions of Jonadab his son. This case affords no justification for slavish deference to the religious opinions of the Christian fathers: for Jonadab's injunction only affected matters of the present life; moreover, it was not binding on their consciences, for they deemed it not unlawful to go to Jerusalem in the invasion (Jer 35:11). What is praised here is not the father's injunction, but the obedience of the sons [CALVIN].

Clarke: Jer 35:6 - -- We will drink no wine - The reason is given above. Their whole religious and political institution consisted in obedience to three simple precepts, ...

We will drink no wine - The reason is given above. Their whole religious and political institution consisted in obedience to three simple precepts, each of which has an appropriate spiritual meaning: -

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Clarke: Jer 35:6 - -- Ye shall drink no wine - Ye shall preserve your bodies in temperance, shall use nothing that would deprive you of the exercise of your sober reason ...

Ye shall drink no wine - Ye shall preserve your bodies in temperance, shall use nothing that would deprive you of the exercise of your sober reason at any time; lest in such a time ye should do what might be prejudicial to yourselves, injurious to your neighbor, or dishonorable to your God

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Clarke: Jer 35:6 - -- Neither shall ye build house - Ye shall not become residents in any place; ye shall not court earthly possessions; ye shall live free from ambition ...

Neither shall ye build house - Ye shall not become residents in any place; ye shall not court earthly possessions; ye shall live free from ambition and from envy, that ye may be free from contention and strife

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Clarke: Jer 35:6 - -- But - ye shall dwell in tents - Ye shall imitate your forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the rest of the patriarchs, who dwelt in tents, be...

But - ye shall dwell in tents - Ye shall imitate your forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the rest of the patriarchs, who dwelt in tents, being strangers and pilgrims upon earth, looking for a heavenly country, and being determined to have nothing here that would indispose their minds towards that place of endless rest, or prevent them from passing through temporal things so as not to lose those that are eternal

There must necessarily be more in these injunctions than meets the eye in the letter of this account.

TSK: Jer 35:6 - -- Jonadab : 2Ki 10:15; 1Ch 2:55 Ye shall : Jonadab, a man of fervent zeal for the pure worship of God, and who lived about three hundred years before th...

Jonadab : 2Ki 10:15; 1Ch 2:55

Ye shall : Jonadab, a man of fervent zeal for the pure worship of God, and who lived about three hundred years before this time (2Ki 10:15, 2Ki 10:16, etc.) had probably practised these rules himself; and having trained up his children to habits of abstemiousness, he enjoined them and their posterity to adhere to them. In these regulations he seems to have had no religious, but merely a prudential view, as is intimated in the reason annexed to them ""that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.""And this would be the natural consequence of observing these rules; for their temperate mode of living would very much contribute to preserve health and prolong life; and they would avoid giving umbrage, or exciting the jealousy or envy of the Jews, who might have been provoked, by their engaging and succeeding in the principal business in which they themselves were engaged, agriculture and vine-dressing to expel them their country; by which they would have been deprived of the religious advantages they enjoyed. In 1Ch 2:55, they are termed scribes, which intimates that they were engaged in some kind of literary employments. Lev 10:9; Num 6:2-5; Jdg 13:7, Jdg 13:14; Luk 1:15; 1Co 7:26-31, all, Jer 35:10; Gen 25:27; Lev 23:42, Lev 23:43; Neh 8:14-16; Heb 11:9-13; 1Pe 2:11, that ye, Gen 36:7; Exo 20:12; 1Ch 16:19; Psa 105:12; Eph 6:2, Eph 6:3

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Jer 35:6-7 - -- Wine is the symbol of a settled life, because the vine requires time for its growth and care in its cultivation, while the preparation of the wine i...

Wine is the symbol of a settled life, because the vine requires time for its growth and care in its cultivation, while the preparation of the wine itself requires buildings, and it then has to be stored up before it is ready for use. The drink of nomads consists of the milk of their herds.

Jer 35:7

Strangers - Because not of Jewish blood, though wandering in their territory.

Poole: Jer 35:6 - -- It is uncertain whether father here signifies their immediate parent, or (which is more probable) their progenitor; it is most likely it referreth...

It is uncertain whether father here signifies their immediate parent, or (which is more probable) their progenitor; it is most likely it referreth to that Jonadab of whom we read 2Ki 10:15 , who was the father (that is, the progenitor) of this family of the Rechabites, at three hundred years distance. The reason why he left his posterity this charge is uncertain, probably to warn them against the luxury which he saw began to abound in Israel, and being desirous that they should inure themselves to a more hard and laborious life; being originally Kenites, and used to husbandry, and keeping of sheep and other cattle, he desired they should live according to their quality.

Haydock: Jer 35:6 - -- Jonadab. A man much esteemed by Jehu, 4 Kings x. 15. (Worthington)

Jonadab. A man much esteemed by Jehu, 4 Kings x. 15. (Worthington)

Gill: Jer 35:6 - -- But they said, we will drink no wine,.... Or "we do not drink wine" e; we are not used to it; we never do drink any; it is not lawful for us to do it;...

But they said, we will drink no wine,.... Or "we do not drink wine" e; we are not used to it; we never do drink any; it is not lawful for us to do it; nor will we, let who will solicit us:

for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father; not their immediate father, but their progenitor; perhaps the same Jonadab is meant who lived in the times of Jehu, and rode with him in his chariot; by which it appears he was a man of note and figure, and who lived near three hundred years before this time, 2Ki 10:15; which is more likely than that he should be a descendant of his, and the proper father of the present Rechabites, which is the opinion of Scaliger f:

commanded us, saying, ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons, for ever; as long as any of them were in the world. What was the reason of this command, and of what follows, is not easy to say; whether it was to prevent quarrels and contentions, luxury and sensuality; or to inure them to hardships; or to put them in remembrance that they were but strangers in the land in which they lived; or to retain them in the original course of life their ancestors had lived in, feeding cattle; be it what it will, these his sons thought themselves under obligations to observe it; and perhaps finding, by experience, it was for their good so to do.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

Geneva Bible: Jer 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 y...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Jer 35:1-19 - --1 By the obedience of the Rechabites,12 Jeremiah condemns the disobedience of the Jews.18 God blesses the Rechabites for their obedience.

MHCC: Jer 35:1-11 - --Jonadab was famous for wisdom and piety. He lived nearly 300 years before, 2Ki 10:15. Jonadab charged his posterity not to drink wine. He also appoint...

Matthew Henry: Jer 35:1-11 - -- 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 (Jer 35:1); b...

Keil-Delitzsch: Jer 35:1-11 - -- Jeremiah's dealings with the Rechabites - Jer 35:2. Jeremiah is to go to the house, i.e., the family, of the Rechabites, speak with them, and brin...

Constable: Jer 2:1--45:5 - --II. Prophecies about Judah chs. 2--45 The first series of prophetic announcements, reflections, and incidents th...

Constable: Jer 34:1--45:5 - --D. Incidents surrounding the fall of Jerusalem chs. 34-45 The Book of Consolation contained messages of ...

Constable: Jer 34:1--36:32 - --1. Incidents before the fall of Jerusalem chs. 34-36 The events recorded in these chapters took ...

Constable: Jer 35:1-19 - --The lesson of the Rechabites ch. 35 The theme of Judah's faithlessness carries over from...

Constable: Jer 35:1-11 - --The meeting with the Rechabites 35:1-11 35:1 This oracle came to Jeremiah during King Jehoiakim's reign (609-598 B.C.) after the Babylonians had begun...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) JEREMIAH, son of Hilkiah, one of the ordinary priests, dwelling in Anathoth of Benjamin (Jer 1:1), not the Hilkiah the high priest who discovered the ...

JFB: Jeremiah (Outline) EXPOSTULATION WITH THE JEWS, REMINDING THEM OF THEIR FORMER DEVOTEDNESS, AND GOD'S CONSEQUENT FAVOR, AND A DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S COMING JUDGMENTS FOR...

TSK: Jeremiah 35 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Jer 35:1, By the obedience of the Rechabites, Jer 35:12. Jeremiah condemns the disobedience of the Jews; Jer 35:18, God blesses the Recha...

Poole: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) BOOK OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH THE ARGUMENT IT was the great unhappiness of this prophet to be a physician to, but that could not save, a dying sta...

Poole: Jeremiah 35 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 35 By the obedience of the Rechabites, Jer 35:1-11 , God condemneth the Jews’ disobedience, Jer 35:12-17 . The Rechabites are blessed...

MHCC: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) Jeremiah was a priest, a native of Anathoth, in the tribe of Benjamin. He was called to the prophetic office when very young, about seventy years afte...

MHCC: Jeremiah 35 (Chapter Introduction) (Jer 35:1-11) The obedience of the Rechabites. (Jer 35:12-19) The Jews' disobedience to the Lord.

Matthew Henry: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah The Prophecies of the Old Testament, as the Epistles of the New, are p...

Matthew Henry: Jeremiah 35 (Chapter Introduction) A variety of methods is tried, and every stone turned, to awaken the Jews to a sense of their sin and to bring them to repentance and reformation. ...

Constable: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book derives from its writer, the late seventh an...

Constable: Jeremiah (Outline) Outline I. Introduction ch. 1 A. The introduction of Jeremiah 1:1-3 B. T...

Constable: Jeremiah Jeremiah Bibliography Aharoni, Yohanan, and Michael Avi-Yonah. The Macmillan Bible Atlas. Revised ed. London: C...

Haydock: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF JEREMIAS. INTRODUCTION. Jeremias was a priest, a native of Anathoth, a priestly city, in the tribe of Benjamin, and was sanct...

Gill: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH The title of the book in the Vulgate Latin version is, "the Prophecy of Jeremiah"; in the Syriac and Arabic versions, "the...

Gill: Jeremiah 35 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 35 In this chapter the disobedience of the people of the Jews unto God is aggravated by the obedience of the Rechabites to...

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