| Chapter
35 |
| 1 | The
word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah, saying, |
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| 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. |
| 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; |
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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: |
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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. |
| 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: |
| 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. |
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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; |
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9 | Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither
have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: |
| 10 | But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done
according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. |
| 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. |
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12 | Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah,
saying, |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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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: |
| 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. |
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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: |
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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. |
