Jeremiah 35:19

therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: There shall not be cut off unto Jonadab the son of Rechab a man to stand before Me for ever.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18And unto the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Because ye have hearkened to the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he commanded you;

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Cross References

Psalms 5:5(5-6) The boasters shall not stand in Thy sight; Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

Jeremiah 33:17For thus saith the LORD: There shall not be cut off unto David a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 35:13-19

Case of the Rechabites Applied. ( b. c. 607.) 12 Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, 13 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the Lord . 14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early… Read the whole commentary →

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