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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 ye
wine.
- 35:6
- But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son
of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no
wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
- 35:7
- Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard,
nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that
ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.
- 35:8
- Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab
our father in all that he hath 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 saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell
the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not
receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith 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 ye 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 ye now every man from
his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other
gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have
given to you and to your fathers: but ye 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 hath not hearkened unto me:
- 35:17
- 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.
- 35:18
- 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:
- 35:19
- 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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