Bible Strands
Jeremiah 35:19
this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah delivers the LORD of Hosts’ declaration to the Rechabites immediately after commending their strict obedience to Jonadab’s ancestral commands.
The words — The Hebrew לָכֵן (la./Khen) means “therefore,” and כֹּה (koh) means “thus,” structurally introducing the divine guarantee that follows.
The thread — The motif of faithful standing before God appears in Jeremiah 15:19, Luke 21:36, and Psalms 5:5.
Why it lands — The text records that Jonadab’s line will perpetually supply a representative before God, requiring the reader to recognize covenantal faithfulness as the basis for enduring divine presence.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 15:19 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
- Luke 21:36 So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
- Psalms 5:5 The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.
- Jeremiah 33:17 For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,
- Jude 1:24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
- 1 Chronicles 2:55 and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.