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Jeremiah 35
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Jeremiah and the Rechabites

35When Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah, the LORD said to me,H1697H3414H3068H3117H3079H1121H2977H4428H3063H559
2"Go to the members of the Rechabite clan and talk to them. Then bring them into one of the rooms in the Temple and offer them some wine."H1980H1004H7397H1696H935H1004H3068H259H3957H3196H8248
3So I took the entire Rechabite clan - Jaazaniah (the son of another Jeremiah, who was Habazziniah's son) and all his brothers and sons -H3947H2970H1121H3414H1121H2262H251H1121H1004H7397
4and brought them to the Temple. I took them into the room of the disciples of the prophet Hanan son of Igdaliah. This room was above the room of Maaseiah son of Shallum, an important official in the Temple, and near the rooms of the other officials.H935H1004H3068H3957H1121H2605H1121H3012H376H430H681H3957H8269H4605H3957H4641H1121H7967H8104H5592
5Then I placed cups and bowls full of wine before the Rechabites, and I said to them, "Have some wine."H5414H6440H1121H1004H7397H1375H4392H3196H3563H559H8354H3196
6But they answered, "We do not drink wine. Our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab told us that neither we nor our descendants were ever to drink any wine.H559H8354H3196H3122H1121H7394H1H6680H559H8354H3196H1121H5704H5769
7He also told us not to build houses or farm the land and not to plant vineyards or buy them. He commanded us always to live in tents, so that we might remain in this land where we live like strangers.H1129H1004H2232H2233H5193H3754H3117H3427H168H2421H7227H3117H6440H127H1481
8We have obeyed all the instructions that Jonadab gave us. We ourselves never drink wine, and neither do our wives, our sons, or our daughters.H8085H6963H3082H1121H7394H1H6680H8354H3196H3117H802H1121H1323
9We do not build houses for homes - we live in tents - and we own no vineyards, fields, or grain.H1129H1004H3427H3754H7704H2233
10We have fully obeyed everything that our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.H3427H168H8085H6213H3122H1H6680
11But when King Nebuchadnezzar invaded the country, we decided to come to Jerusalem to get away from the Babylonian and Syrian armies. That is why we are living in Jerusalem."H5019H4428H894H5927H776H559H935H935H3389H6440H2428H3778H6440H2428H758H3427H3389
12Then the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, told me to go and say to the people of Judah and Jerusalem,H1697H3068H3414H559
13"I, the LORD, ask you why you refuse to listen to me and to obey my instructions.H559H3068H6635H430H3478H1980H559H376H3063H3427H3389H3947H4148H8085H1697H5002H3068
14Jonadab's descendants have obeyed his command not to drink wine, and to this very day none of them drink any. But I have kept on speaking to you, and you have not obeyed me.H1697H3082H1121H7394H6680H1121H8354H3196H6965H3117H8354H8085H1H4687H1696H7925H1696H8085
15I have continued to send you all my servants the prophets, and they have told you to give up your evil ways and to do what is right. They warned you not to worship and serve other gods, so that you could go on living in the land that I gave you and your ancestors. But you would not listen to me or pay any attention to me.H7971H5650H5030H7925H7971H559H7725H376H7451H1870H3190H4611H3212H310H312H430H5647H3427H127H5414H1H5186H241H8085
16Jonadab's descendants have obeyed the command that their ancestor gave them, but you people have not obeyed me.H1121H3082H1121H7394H6965H4687H1H6680H5971H8085
17So now, I, the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, will bring on you people of Judah and of Jerusalem all the destruction that I promised. I will do this because you would not listen when I spoke to you, and you would not answer when I called you."H559H3068H430H6635H430H3478H935H3063H3427H3389H7451H1696H1696H8085H7121H6030
18Then I told the Rechabite clan that the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, had said, "You have obeyed the command that your ancestor Jonadab gave you; you have followed all his instructions, and you have done everything he commanded you.H3414H559H1004H7397H559H3068H6635H430H3478H8085H4687H3082H1H8104H4687H6213H6680
19So I, the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, promise that Jonadab son of Rechab will always have a male descendant to serve me."H559H3068H6635H430H3478H3122H1121H7394H3772H376H5975H6440H3117


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