[[Jer-35]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Jer-34]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Jer-36]] --- ### Therefore Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: 'Behold, I will bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken to them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not answered.' *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: God declares that the previously announced divine judgments of destruction and disaster will be executed upon the people of Judah and Jerusalem because of their persistent refusal to heed prophetic warnings. *Historical context*: This prophecy was historically realized during the Babylonian invasions of Judah, culminating in the siege and destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II in 586 BCE. This event resulted in the burning of the First Temple and the mass deportation of the Jewish people to Babylon, as documented in [[2 Kings|2 Kings 25]] and confirmed by archaeological layers of destruction in the City of David. *Related to*: [[Jer-25#v8|Jeremiah 25:8]]-11 ### therefore Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: 'Jonadab the son of Rechab will not lack a man to stand before me forever.' *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: In recognition of the Rechabite clan's unwavering obedience to their ancestor's commands, God promises that the lineage of Jonadab will perpetually exist and continue to serve or stand in His presence. *Historical context*: The historical survival of the Rechabites is noted by several sources long after Jeremiah's time. Hegesippus, an early church historian quoted by Eusebius, mentions a Rechabite priest at the martyrdom of James the Just in the 1st century AD. The 12th-century traveler Benjamin of Tudela reported a large community of Jews in Arabia who identified as Rechabites, and in the 19th century, missionary Joseph Wolff encountered tribes near Mecca who claimed descent from Jonadab and cited this specific prophecy as proof of their divine preservation. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy