Jer 42
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THE WORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAS from the Lord in the days of Joakim, king of Juda,
saying,
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Go to the house of the Archabin, and you shall bring them to the house of the Lord,
into one of the courts, and give them wine to drink.
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So I brought forth Jechonias the son of Jeremin the son of Chabasin, and his brethren,
and his sons, and all the family of the Archabin;
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and I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Joanan,
the son of Ananias, the son of Godolias, a man of God, who Gr. is dwells near the house of the princes that are Heb. and Alex.
«above’ referring to the place over the house of Maasaeas the son of Selom, who kept the court.
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And I set before them a jar of wine, and cups, and I said, Drink you wine.
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But they said, We will on no account drink wine, for our father Jonadab the son of
Rechab commanded us, saying, You shall on no account drink wine, neither you, nor
your sons for ever:
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nor shall you at all build houses, nor sow any seed, nor shall you have a vineyard:
for you shall dwell in tents all your days; that you may live many days upon the land,
in which you sojourn.
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And we hearkened to the voice of Jonadab our father, so as to drink no wine all our
days, we, and our wives, and our sons, and our daughters;
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and so as to build no houses to dwell in: and we have had no vineyard, nor field,
nor seed:
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but we have dwelt in tents, and have hearkened, and done according to all that Jonadab
our father commanded us.
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And it came to pass, when Nabuchodonosor came up against the land, that we said we
would come in; and we entered into Jerusalem, for fear of the host of the Chaldeans,
and for fear of the host of the Assyrians: and we dwelt there.
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And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Thus says the Lord, Go, and say to the Gr. man men of Juda, and to them that dwell in Jerusalem, Will you not receive Or,
instruction correction to hearken to my words?
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The sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have kept the word which he commanded his children,
that they should drink no wine; and they have not drunk it: but I spoke to you early,
and you hearkened not.
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And I sent to you my servants the prophets, saying, Turn you every one from his evil
way, and amend your practices, and go not after other gods to serve them, and you
shall dwell upon the land which I gave to you and to your fathers: but you inclined
not your ears, and hearkened not.
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But the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have kept the command of their father; but
this people has not hearkened to me.
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Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I will bring upon Juda and upon the inhabitants
of Jerusalem all the evils which I pronounced against them.
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Therefore thus says the Lord; Since the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have hearkened
to the command of their father, to do as their father commanded them:
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there shall never be wanting a man of the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab Gr. standing to stand before my face Gr. all the
days of the earth while the earth remains.