September 16, 2026, Jeremiah 35:1-19
September 16, 2026, Jeremiah 35:1-19
35 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim
the son of Josiah, king of Judah: 2 “Go to the
house of the Rechabites and speak with them and bring them to the house of
the Lord, into one
of the chambers; then offer them wine to drink.” 3 So
I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, son of Habazziniah and his brothers and
all his sons and the whole house of the Rechabites. 4 I
brought them to the house of the Lord into the
chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which
was near the chamber of the officials, above the chamber
of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, keeper of the threshold. 5 Then
I set before the Rechabites pitchers full of wine, and cups, and I said to
them, “Drink wine.” 6 But they answered, “We will
drink no wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us,
‘You shall not drink wine, neither you nor your sons forever. 7 You
shall not build a house; you shall not sow seed; you shall not plant or have a
vineyard; but you shall live in tents all your days, that you may live
many days in the land where you sojourn.’ 8 We have
obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he
commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, ourselves, our wives, our sons, or
our daughters, 9 and not to build houses to dwell
in. We have no vineyard or field or seed, 10 but we
have lived in tents and have obeyed and done all that Jonadab our father
commanded us. 11 But when Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon came up against the land, we said, ‘Come, and let us go to Jerusalem
for fear of the army of the Chaldeans and the army of the
Syrians.’ So we are living in Jerusalem.”
12 Then the word of the Lord came
to Jeremiah: 13 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
Go and say to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will
you not receive instruction and listen to my words? declares the Lord. 14 The
command that Jonadab the son of Rechab gave to his sons, to drink no wine, has
been kept, and they drink none to this day, for they have obeyed their father's
command. I have spoken to you persistently, but you have not listened to
me. 15 I have sent to you all my servants the
prophets, sending them persistently, saying, ‘Turn now every one of
you from his evil way, and amend your deeds, and do not go after other
gods to serve them, and then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to you and
your fathers.’ But you did not incline your ear or listen to me. 16 The
sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have kept the command that their father gave
them, but this people has not obeyed me. 17 Therefore,
thus says the Lord, the God
of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing upon Judah and all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem all the disaster that I have pronounced against
them, because I have spoken to them and they have not listened, I
have called to them and they have not answered.”
18 But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said, “Thus
says the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the command of Jonadab your father
and kept all his precepts and done all that he commanded you, 19 therefore
thus says the Lord of
hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall never lack a
man to stand before me.”
All we
must do is repent, yet we listen to man more than to God and keep walking the
same path of disobedience. I sometimes
wonder if we could really understand how our disobedience hurts our God, would we
change our ways?
What do
you think would help you understand the value of obeying the Lord?
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