Jer 35
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The word which came to Jeremiah from YHWH in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah,
king of Judah, saying,
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Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them into the house
of YHWH, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
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Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brethren,
and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
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and I brought them into the house of YHWH, 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.
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And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups;
and I said to them, Drink you wine.
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But 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, for ever:
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neither 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 wherein
you sojourn.
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And we 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;
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nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
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but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab
our father commanded us.
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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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Then came the word of YHWH to Jeremiah, saying,
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Thus says YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel: Go, and say to the men of Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction to hearken to my words?
says YHWH.
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The 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 hearkened
to me.
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I 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
go not 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 hearkened
to me.
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Seeing that as the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment
of their father which he commanded them, but this people has not hearkened to me;
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therefore thus says YHWH, the 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 to them, but they have not heard; and I have called
to them, but they have not answered.
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And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus says YHWH 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;
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therefore thus says YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall
not want a man to stand before me for ever.