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18 Then Jeremiah told the house of the Rechabites, “This is what the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Because you obeyed the commandment of your ancestor Jonadab, have observed all his commandments, and have done everything that he commanded you,’ 19 therefore, this is what the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Rechab’s son Jonadab won’t lack a descendant[a] who serves me[b] always.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 35:19 Cf. Neh 3:14
  2. Jeremiah 35:19 Lit. there won’t be cut off from Rechab’s son Jonadab one standing before me