Jeremiah 35 Study Notes
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35:5 The jars filled with wine were large drinking bowls with dipping cups. Drink wine, Jeremiah invited them.
35:6-11 The Rechabites declined the offer of wine, making it clear that they had obeyed Jonadab, son of . . . Rechab, in all he commanded them. Their rejecting a sedentary culture and its trappings, such as wine cultivation and indulgence, was just the illustration Jeremiah needed to teach obedience to the Lord’s commands.
35:12-16 Judah is being rebuked here. Three times in these verses Jeremiah contrasted the Rechabites’ obedience to a human command with Judah’s disobedience to the living God.
35:17-19 Disaster would be Judah’s lot because of her persistent disobedience, but the Rechabites would never fail to have a man to stand before me always. The phrase stand before the Lord is used for those who serve him (7:10; 15:19; Dt 4:10; 10:8; 1Kg 17:1; 18:15; 2Kg 3:14). What happened to the Rechabites after 587 BC is unknown except for Malchijah son of Rechab. He repaired the Dung Gate in the days of Nehemiah (Neh 3:14).