The Book of Jeremiah (WEB)
35: 1The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah,
king of Judah, saying, 35:2Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them
into the house of Yahweh, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. 35:3Then I took
Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers, and all his sons, and the
whole house of the Rechabites; 35:4and I brought them into the house of Yahweh, into the chamber
of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the 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
threshold. 35:5I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and
I said to them, Drink you wine. 35:6But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of
Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons,
forever: 35:7neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all
your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you sojourn.
35:8We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to
drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters; 35:9nor to build houses for us
to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: 35:10but we have lived in tents, and have
obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. 35:11But it happened,
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. 35:12Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying, 35:13Thus says Yahweh
of Hosts, the God of Israel: Go, and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will
you not receive instruction to listen to my words? says Yahweh. 35:14The words of Jonadab the son
of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; and to this day they
drink none, for they obey their father's commandment: but I have spoken to you, rising up early
and speaking; and you have not listened to me. 35:15I have sent also to you all my servants the
prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return you now every man from his evil way,
and amend your doings, and don't go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the
land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor
listened to me. 35:16Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the
commandment of their father which he commanded them, but this people has not listened to me;
35:17therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring on Judah
and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them; because I
have spoken to them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not
answered. 35:18Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God
of Israel: Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his
precepts, and done according to all that he commanded you; 35:19therefore thus says Yahweh of
Hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me forever.
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