Jeremiah 35
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Jeremiah 35:6-14

6“We do notH3808 drinkH8354 wineH3196,” they repliedH559, “forH3588 our forefatherH1 JonadabH31221 sonH1121 of RechabH7394 commandedH6680 usH5921H559, ‘Neither youH859 nor your descendantsH1121 are ever toH3808H5704H5769 drinkH8354 wineH3196. 7Nor are you everH3808 to buildH1129 a houseH1004 or sowH2232 seedH2233 or plantH5193 a vineyardH3754. Those things areH1961 notH3808 for you. InsteadH3588, you must liveH3427 in tentsH168 allH3605 your livesH3117, so thatH4616 you may liveH2421 a longH7227 timeH3117 inH5921H6440 the landH127 whereH834 youH859 wanderH1481H8033.’

8And we have obeyedH8085 the voiceH6963 of our forefatherH1 JonadabH3082 sonH1121 of RechabH7394 in allH3605 he commanded usH6680. So we have notH1115 drunkH8354 wineH3196 allH3605 our livesH3117—neither weH587 nor our wivesH802 nor our sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323. 9Nor have weH1115 builtH1129 housesH1004 in which to liveH3427, and we have not ownedH3808H1961 any vineyardsH3754 or fieldsH7704 or cropsH2233. 10But we have livedH3427 in tentsH168 and have obeyedH8085 and doneH6213 exactly asH3605 our forefatherH1 JonadabH3122 commanded usH6680.

11So whenH1961 NebuchadnezzarH5019 kingH4428 of BabylonH894 marchedH5927 intoH413 the landH776, we saidH559: ‘ComeH935, let us go intoH935 JerusalemH3389 to escapeH6440 the armiesH2428 of the ChaldeansH3778H6440H24282 and the ArameansH758.’ So we have remainedH3427 in JerusalemH3389.”

12Then the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 cameH1961 toH413 JeremiahH3414H559: 13“This is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, saysH559: GoH1980 and tellH559 the menH376 of JudahH3063 and the residentsH3427 of JerusalemH3389: ‘Will you notH3808 acceptH3947 disciplineH4148 and obeyH8085H413 My wordsH1697?’ declaresH5002 the LORDH3068.

14The wordsH1697 of JonadabH3082 sonH1121 of RechabH7394 have been carried outH6965. HeH834 commandedH6680 his sonsH1121 notH1115 to drinkH8354 wineH3196, and they have notH3808 drunkH8354 it toH5704 this veryH2088 dayH3117 becauseH3588 they have obeyedH8085 the commandH4687 of their forefatherH1. But IH595 have spokenH1696 to youH413 again and againH7925H1696,3 and you have notH3808 obeyed MeH8085H413!

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 35:6 Jonadab is a variant of Jehonadab; here and throughout this chapter; see 2 Kings 10:15. ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 35:11 That is, the Babylonians ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 35:14 Literally But I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking, ↩

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