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Jeremiah 35:18

Literal Fulfillment Total Abstinence Prophetic Methods of Communication

“And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:”

Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:

Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.

And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:

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.

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Literal Fulfillment

While the verse describes obedience to a human command, not a divine prophecy, the "fulfillment" here is of a command, not a prediction, making its connection to "prophetic events" indirect.

Total Abstinence

The verse does not explicitly warn against wine or alcohol, command avoidance, or present abstinence as the ideal. It merely states that the Rechabites obeyed their father's command, which included abstaining from wine. The verse itself is a statement of fact regarding their obedience, not a direct endorsement or command for total abstinence for all.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

The verse describes Jeremiah speaking a message from God to the Rechabites, but it does not detail *how* God communicated that message to Jeremiah. It only states the content of the message and the recipient.

Literal Fulfillment

Related Verses

Jeremiah 7:23

“But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.”

Deuteronomy 26:18

“And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;”

Deuteronomy 13:18

“When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.”

Jeremiah 11:4

“Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:”

Joshua 22:3

“Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the Lord your God.”

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