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18 Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all that he commanded you;’ 19 therefore Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Jonadab the son of Rechab will not lack a man to stand before me forever.’”

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18 But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said, “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have listened to the command of Jonadab your ancestor,[a] and you have kept all his commands, and you have done all that he commanded you,’ 19 therefore[b] thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘A man will not be cut off for Jonadab, the son of Rechab, to stand before me[c] always.’”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 35:18 Or “father”
  2. Jeremiah 35:19 Literally “to thus”
  3. Jeremiah 35:19 Literally “to the face of me”
  4. Jeremiah 35:19 Literally “all the days”