35This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord during the reign of Josiah's son Jehoiakim, king of Judah:H1697H3414H3068H3117H3079H1121H2977H4428H3063H5592"Go to the house of the Rechabites and speak to them. Bring them into the LORD's temple, to one of the offices, and offer them wine to drink.H1980H1004H7397H1696H935H1004H3068H259H3957H3196H82483So I took Jeremiah's son Jaazaniah (a descendant of Habazziniah), his brothers, all his sons, and the whole family of the Rechabites.H3947H2970H1121H3414H1121H2262H251H1121H1004H73974I brought them to the LORD's temple to the office of the descendants of Igdaliah's son Hanan, the man of God, which was next to the office of the officials, and which was above the office of Shallum's son Maaseiah, the keeper of the threshold.3H935H1004H3068H3957H1121H2605H1121H3012H376H430H681H3957H8269H4605H3957H4641H1121H7967H8104H55925I put containers full of wine and cups in front of the members of the Rechabite clan and told them, "Drink the wine!"H5414H6440H1121H1004H7397H1375H4392H3196H3563H559H8354H31966But they said, "We won't drink wine, because our ancestor, Rechab's son Jonadab commanded us: 'You and your descendants are never to drink wine!H559H8354H3196H3122H1121H7394H1H6680H559H8354H3196H1121H5704H57697You aren't to build houses, you aren't to sow seeds, you aren't to plant vineyards, or own them. Instead, you are to live in tents all your lives, so you will enjoy a long life in the land where you reside.'H1129H1004H2232H2233H5193H3754H3117H3427H168H2421H7227H3117H6440H127H14818We have obeyed everything that our ancestor, Rechab's son Jonadab, commanded us. So we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters have drunk no wine all our lives,H8085H6963H3082H1121H7394H1H6680H8354H3196H3117H802H1121H13239and have built no houses to live in. We don't have vineyards, fields, or seed.H1129H1004H3427H3754H7704H223310We have lived in tents. We have obeyed and have done everything that our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.H3427H168H8085H6213H3122H1H668011Now when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against the land, we said, 'Come on! Let's go to Jerusalem because of the army of the Chaldeans and the army of Aram. And now we're living in Jerusalem.'"35H5019H4428H894H5927H776H559H935H935H3389H6440H2428H3778H6440H2428H758H3427H338912The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:H1697H3068H3414H55913"This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel says: 'Go and say to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, "Will you not accept correction by listening to what I say? declares the Lord.H559H3068H6635H430H3478H1980H559H376H3063H3427H3389H3947H4148H8085H1697H5002H306814"But what Rechab's son Jonadab commanded his sons about not drinking wine is observed, and they haven't drunk wine until this day. Indeed, they obey the commands of their ancestor. But I've spoken to you again and again, and you haven't obeyed me.H1697H3082H1121H7394H6680H1121H8354H3196H6965H3117H8354H8085H1H4687H1696H7925H1696H808515I've sent you all my servants, the prophets, sending them again and again. I've said, 'Each of you turn from his evil way and make your deeds right. Don't follow other gods to serve them. Then you will remain in the land that I gave to you and to your ancestors. But you haven't paid attention and you haven't obeyed me.H7971H5650H5030H7925H7971H559H7725H376H7451H1870H3190H4611H3212H310H312H430H5647H3427H127H5414H1H5186H241H808516Indeed the descendants of Rechab's son Jonadab have carried out the command of their ancestor that he gave them, but this people has not obeyed me.H1121H3082H1121H7394H6965H4687H1H6680H5971H808517Therefore, this is what the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel says: 'Look, I'm bringing on Judah and all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster that I pronounced against them, because I spoke to them, but they didn't listen, and I called out to them, but they didn't answer.'"H559H3068H430H6635H430H3478H935H3063H3427H3389H7451H1696H1696H8085H7121H603018Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, "This is what the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel says: 'Because you obeyed the commandment of your ancestor Jonadab, have observed all his commandments, and have done everything that he commanded you,'H3414H559H1004H7397H559H3068H6635H430H3478H8085H4687H3082H1H8104H4687H6213H668019therefore, this is what the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel says: 'Rechab's son Jonadab won't lack a descendant who serves me always."'"H559H3068H6635H430H3478H3122H1121H7394H3772H376H5975H6440H3117
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