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JEREMIAH ยท Chapter 35
35:1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
35:2 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and
bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give
them wine to drink.
35:3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah,
and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
35:4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber
of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the
chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son
of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
35:5 And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots
full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink all of you wine.
35:6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab
our father commanded us, saying, All of you shall drink no wine, neither
all of you, nor your sons for ever:
35:7 Neither shall all of you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant
vineyard, nor have any: but all your days all of you shall dwell in tents;
that all of you may live many days in the land where all of you be strangers.
35:8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our
father in all that he has charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we,
our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
35:9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard,
nor field, nor seed:
35:10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according
to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
35:11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came
up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear
of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians:
so we dwell at Jerusalem.
35:12 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
35:13 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the
men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will all of you not receive
instruction to hearken to my words? says the LORD.
35:14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his
sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none,
but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto
you, rising early and speaking; but all of you hearkened not unto me.
35:15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising
up early and sending them, saying, Return all of you now every man from
his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve
them, and all of you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you
and to your fathers: but all of you have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened
unto me.
35:16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed
the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people
has not hearkened unto me:
35:17 Therefore thus says 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.
35:18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus says
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because all of you have obeyed the
commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done
according unto all that he has commanded you:
35:19 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab
the son of Rechab shall not lack a man to stand before me for ever.
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