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<p id="Chapter35" align="center">Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET<br>CHAPTER 35
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<p id="Jer35_1"><a onclick="return mV('Jer',35,'1-19');">Jer 35:1-19</a>. PROPHECY IN THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM, WHEN THE CHALDEANS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SYRIANS AND MOABITES, INVADED JUDEA.
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<p>By the obedience of the Rechabites to their father, Jeremiah condemns the disobedience of the Jews to God their Father. The Holy Spirit has arranged Jeremiah's prophecies by the <i>moral</i> rather than the chronological connection. From the history of an event fifteen years before, the Jews, who had brought back their manumitted servants into bondage, are taught how much God loves and rewards obedience, and hates and punishes disobedience.
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<p id="Jer35_2"><b>2. Rechabites</b>—a nomadic tribe belonging to the Kenites of Hemath (<a onclick="return mV('1Ch',2,55);">1Ch 2:55</a>), of the family of Jethro, or Hobab, Moses' father-in-law (<a onclick="return mV('Exd',18,9);">Exd 18:9</a>, etc. <a onclick="return mV('Num',10,'29-32');">Num 10:29-32</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jdg',1,16);">Jdg 1:16</a>). They came into Canaan with the Israelites, but, in order to preserve their independence, chose a life in tents without a fixed habitation (<a onclick="return mV('1Sa',15,6);">1Sa 15:6</a>). Besides the branch of them associated with Judah and extending to Amalek, there was another section at Kadesh, in Naphtali (<a onclick="return mV('Jdg',4,11,17);">Jdg 4:11, 17</a>). They seem to have been proselytes of the gate, Jonadab, son of Rechab, whose charge not to drink wine they so strictly obeyed, was zealous for God (<a onclick="return mV('2Ki',10,'15-23');">2Ki 10:15-23</a>). The Nabatheans of Arabia observed the same rules [DIODORUS SICULUS, 19.94].
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<br><br><b>bring...into...house of...Lord</b>—because there were suitable witnesses at hand there from among the priests and chief men, as also because he had the power immediately to address the people assembled there (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',35,13);">Jer 35:13</a>). It may have been also as a reproof of the priests, who drank wine freely, though commanded to refrain from it when in the discharge of their duties [CALVIN].
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<br><br><b>chambers</b>—which were round about the temple, applied to various uses, for example, to contain the vestments, sacred vessels, etc.
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<p id="Jer35_3"><b>3. Jaazaniah</b>—the elder and chief of the clan.
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<p id="Jer35_4"><b>4. man of God</b>—a prophet (<a onclick="return mV('Deu',33,1);">Deu 33:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('1Sa',2,27);">1Sa 2:27</a>; <a onclick="return mV('1Ki',12,22);">1Ki 12:22</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Ki',4,7);">2Ki 4:7</a>), also "a servant of God" in general (<a onclick="return mV('1Ti',6,11);">1Ti 6:11</a>), one not his own, but God's; one who has parted with all right in himself to give himself wholly to God (<a onclick="return mV('2Ti',3,17);">2Ti 3:17</a>). He was so reverenced that none would call in question what was transacted in his chamber.
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<br><br><b>keeper of the door</b>—<i>Hebrew,</i> "of the vessel." Probably the office meant is that of the priest who kept in charge the capitation money paid for the use of the temple and the votive offerings, such as silver vessels, etc. There were seven such keepers [GROTIUS]. Compare <a onclick="return mV('2Ki',12,9);">2Ki 12:9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Ki',25,18);">25:18</a>; <a onclick="return mV('1Ch',9,18,19);">1Ch 9:18-19</a>, which support <i>English Version.</i>
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<br><br><b>I said...Drink</b>—Jeremiah does not say, <i>The Lord</i> saith, Drink: for then they would have been bound to obey. Contrast the case in <a onclick="return mV('1Ki',13,'7-26');">1Ki 13:7-26</a> .
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<p id="Jer35_6"><b>6. Jonadab...our father</b>—that is, forefather and director, three hundred years before (<a onclick="return mV('2Ki',10,15);">2Ki 10:15</a>). They were called Rechabites, not Jonadabites, having received their name from Rechab <i>the father,</i> previously to their adopting the injunctions of Jonadab his <i>son.</i> 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 (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',35,11);">Jer 35:11</a>). What is praised here is not the father's injunction, but the obedience of the sons [CALVIN].
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<p id="Jer35_7"><b>7. tents</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Jdg',4,17);">Jdg 4:17</a>).
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<br><br><b>live many days</b>—according to the promise connected with the fifth commandment (<a onclick="return mV('Exd',20,12);">Exd 20:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eph',6,2,3);">Eph 6:2-3</a>).
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<br><br><b>strangers</b>—They were not of the stock of Jacob, but sojourners in Israel. Types of the children of God, pilgrims on earth, looking for heaven as their home: having little to lose, so that losing times cost them little alarm; sitting loose to what they have (<a onclick="return mV('Hbr',10,34);">Hbr 10:34</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Hbr',11,9,10,'13-16');">11:9-10, 13-16</a>).
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<p id="Jer35_8"><b>8. all that he...charged us...all our days, we...wives...sons...daughters</b>—unreserved obedience in all particulars, at all times, and on the part of all, without exception: in these respects Israel's obedience to God was wanting. Contrast <a onclick="return mV('1Sa',15,20,21);">1Sa 15:20-21</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',78,'34-37',41,56,57);">Psa 78:34-37, 41, 56-57</a>.
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<p id="Jer35_11"><b>11. Chaldeans...Syrians</b>—when Jehoiakim revolted from Nebuchadnezzar (<a onclick="return mV('2Ki',24,1,2);">2Ki 24:1-2</a>). Necessity sets aside all other laws. This is the Rechabites' excuse for their seeming disobedience to Jonadab in temporarily settling in a city. Herein was seen the prescient wisdom of Jonadab's commands; they could at a moment's notice migrate, having no land possessions to tie them.
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<p id="Jer35_14"><b>14. obey...father's commandment: notwithstanding I</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Mal',1,6);">Mal 1:6</a>).
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<br><br><b>rising early and speaking</b>—<i>God Himself speaking</i> late and early by His various ways of providence and grace.
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<p id="Jer35_15"><b>15.</b> In <a onclick="return mV('Jer',35,15);">Jer 35:15</a> and in <a onclick="return mV('2Ch',36,15);">2Ch 36:15</a>, a distinct mode of address is alluded to, namely, <i>God sending His servants.</i> (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',18,11);">Jer 18:11</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',25,5,6);">25:5-6</a>). I enjoined nothing unreasonable, but simply to serve Me, and I attached to the command a gracious promise, but in vain. If Jonadab's commands, which were arbitrary and not moral obligations in themselves, were obeyed, much more ought Mine, which are in themselves right.
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<p id="Jer35_17"><b>17. because I have spoken...not heard...I ...called...not answered</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',1,24);">Pro 1:24</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',65,12);">Isa 65:12</a>).
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<p id="Jer35_19"><b>19. not want a man to stand before me</b>—There shall always be left representatives of the clan <i>to worship Me</i> (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',15,1, 19);">Jer 15:1, 19</a>; or, "before Me" means simple <i>existence,</i> for all things in existence are <i>in God's sight</i> (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',89,36);">Psa 89:36</a>). The Rechabites returned from the captivity. WOLFF found traces of them in Arabia.
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