35THE WORD that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:H1697H3414H3068H3117H3079H1121H2977H4428H3063H5592Go to the house of the Rechabites and speak to them and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers; then give them [who are pledged to drink no wine] some wine to drink.H1980H1004H7397H1696H935H1004H3068H259H3957H3196H82483So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites,H3947H2970H1121H3414H1121H2262H251H1121H1004H73974And I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah the man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the keeper of the door.H935H1004H3068H3957H1121H2605H1121H3012H376H430H681H3957H8269H4605H3957H4641H1121H7967H8104H55925And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pitchers full of wine, and cups, and I said to them, Drink wine.H5414H6440H1121H1004H7397H1375H4392H3196H3563H559H8354H31966But they said, We will drink no wine, for Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, commanded us: You shall not drink wine, neither you nor your sons, forever.H559H8354H3196H3122H1121H7394H1H6680H559H8354H3196H1121H5704H57697Neither shall you build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard or have them; but you shall dwell all your days in tents, that you may live many days in the land where you are temporary residents.H1129H1004H2232H2233H5193H3754H3117H3427H168H2421H7227H3117H6440H127H14818And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days--we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters--H8085H6963H3082H1121H7394H1H6680H8354H3196H3117H802H1121H13239And not to build ourselves houses to live in; nor do we have vineyard or field or seed.H1129H1004H3427H3754H7704H223310But we have dwelt in tents and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our ancestor commanded us.H3427H168H8085H6213H3122H1H668011But when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up against the land, we said, Come and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans and the army of the Syrians. So we are living in Jerusalem.H5019H4428H894H5927H776H559H935H935H3389H6440H2428H3778H6440H2428H758H3427H338912Then came the word of the Lord to Jeremiah:H1697H3068H3414H55913Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Go and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction and listen to My words {and} obey them? says the Lord.H559H3068H6635H430H3478H1980H559H376H3063H3427H3389H3947H4148H8085H1697H5002H306814The command which Jonadab son of Rechab gave to his sons not to drink wine, has been carried out {and} established [as a custom for more than two hundred years]. To this day they drink no wine, but they have obeyed their father's command. But I, even I, have persistently spoken to you, but you have not listened to {and} obeyed Me.H1697H3082H1121H7394H6680H1121H8354H3196H6965H3117H8354H8085H1H4687H1696H7925H1696H808515I have sent also to you all My servants the prophets earnestly {and} persistently, saying, Return now every man from his evil way and amend your doings and go not after other gods to serve them; and then you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers. But you did not submit {and} consent to Me or listen to {and} obey Me.H7971H5650H5030H7925H7971H559H7725H376H7451H1870H3190H4611H3212H310H312H430H5647H3427H127H5414H1H5186H241H808516Since the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab have fulfilled {and} established the command of their father which he commanded them, but these people have not listened to and obeyed Me,H1121H3082H1121H7394H6965H4687H1H6680H5971H808517Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing upon Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them, but they have not listened, and I have called to them, but they have not answered.H559H3068H430H6635H430H3478H935H3063H3427H3389H7451H1696H1696H8085H7121H603018And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the command of Jonadab your father and have kept all his precepts and have done according to all that he commanded you,H3414H559H1004H7397H559H3068H6635H430H3478H8085H4687H3082H1H8104H4687H6213H668019Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab son of Rechab shall never fail [to have] a man [descendant] to stand before Me.H559H3068H6635H430H3478H3122H1121H7394H3772H376H5975H6440H3117
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