Jeremiah 35

1The wordH1697 which came unto JeremiahH3414 from Jehovah in the daysH3117 of JehoiakimH3079 the sonH1121 of JosiahH2977, kingH4428 of JudahH3063, sayingH559, 2GoH1980 unto the houseH1004 of the Rechabites, and speakH1696 unto them, and bringH935 them into the houseH1004 of Jehovah, into oneH259 of the chambers, and giveH8248 them wineH3196 to drinkH8248. 3Then I tookH3947 JaazaniahH2970 the sonH1121 of JeremiahH3414, the sonH1121 of Habazziniah, and his brethren, and all his sonsH1121, and the whole houseH1004 of the Rechabites; 4and I broughtH935 them into the houseH1004 of Jehovah, into the chamber of the sonsH1121 of HananH2605 the sonH1121 of Igdaliah, the manH376 of GodH430, which was by the chamber of the princesH8269, which was above the chamber of MaaseiahH4641 the sonH1121 of ShallumH7967, the keeperH8104 of the threshold. 5And I setH5414 before the sonsH1121 of the houseH1004 of the Rechabites bowls fullH4392 of wineH3196, and cupsH1375; and I saidH559 unto them, DrinkH8354 ye wineH3196. 6But they saidH559, We will drinkH8354 no wineH3196; for JonadabH3122 the sonH1121 of RechabH7394, our fatherH1, commandedH6680 us, sayingH559, Ye shall drinkH8354 no wineH3196, neither ye, nor your sonsH1121, for everH5769: 7neither shall ye buildH1129 houseH1004, nor sowH2232 seedH2233, nor plantH5193 vineyardH3754, nor have any; but all your daysH3117 ye shall dwellH3427 in tentsH168; that ye may live manyH7227 daysH3117 in the landH127 wherein ye sojourn. 8And we have obeyed the voiceH6963 of JonadabH3082 the sonH1121 of RechabH7394, our fatherH1, in all that he charged us, to drinkH8354 no wineH3196 all our daysH3117, we, our wivesH802, our sonsH1121, or our daughtersH1323; 9nor to buildH1129 housesH1004 for us to dwellH3427 in; neither have we vineyardH3754, nor fieldH7704, nor seedH2233: 10but we have dweltH3427 in tentsH168, and have obeyed, and done according to all that JonadabH3122 our fatherH1 commandedH6680 us. 11But it cameH935 to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar kingH4428 of BabylonH894 cameH935 up into the landH776, that we saidH559, ComeH935, and let us goH935 to JerusalemH3389 for fear of the armyH2428 of the ChaldeansH3778, and for fear of the armyH2428 of the Syrians; so we dwellH3427 at JerusalemH3389.

12Then came the wordH1697 of Jehovah unto JeremiahH3414, sayingH559, 13ThusH3541 saith Jehovah of hostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478: GoH1980, and sayH559 to the menH376 of JudahH3063 and the inhabitantsH3427 of JerusalemH3389, Will ye not receiveH3947 instruction to hearken to my wordsH1697? saith Jehovah. 14The wordsH1697 of JonadabH3082 the sonH1121 of RechabH7394, that he commandedH6680 his sonsH1121, not to drinkH8354 wineH3196, are performed; and unto this dayH3117 they drinkH8354 none, for they obey their father’sH1 commandmentH4687. But I have spokenH1696 unto you, risingH7925 up earlyH7925 and speakingH1696; and ye have not hearkened unto me. 15I have sentH7971 also unto you all my servantsH5650 the prophetsH5030, risingH7925 up earlyH7925 and sendingH7971 them, sayingH559, ReturnH7725 ye now every manH376 from his evilH7451 wayH1870, and amend your doings, and goH7971 not after otherH312 godsH430 to serveH5647 them, and ye shall dwellH3427 in the landH127 which I have givenH5414 to you and to your fathersH1: but ye have not inclinedH5186 your earH241, nor hearkened unto me. 16Forasmuch as the sonsH1121 of JonadabH3082 the sonH1121 of RechabH7394 have performed the commandmentH4687 of their fatherH1 which he commandedH6680 them, but this peopleH5971 hath not hearkened unto me; 17thereforeH3651 thusH3541 saith Jehovah, the GodH430 of hostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478: Behold, I will bringH935 upon JudahH3063 and upon all the inhabitantsH3427 of JerusalemH3389 all the evilH7451 that I have pronounced against them; because I have spokenH1696 unto them, but they have not heardH8085; and I have calledH7121 unto them, but they have not answered.

18And JeremiahH3414 saidH559 unto the houseH1004 of the Rechabites, ThusH3541 saith Jehovah of hostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478: Because ye have obeyed the commandmentH4687 of JonadabH3082 your fatherH1, and keptH8104 all his precepts, and done according unto all that he commandedH6680 you; 19thereforeH3651 thusH3541 saith Jehovah of hostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478: JonadabH3122 the sonH1121 of RechabH7394 shall not want a manH376 to standH5975 before me for ever.