Jeremiah:35:6-14

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ylt @Jeremiah:35:6 @And they say , 'We do not drink wine : for Jonadab son of Rechab , our father , charged us , saying , Ye do not drink wine , ye and your sons -- unto the age ; ylt @Jeremiah:35:7 @and a house ye do not build , and seed ye do not sow , and a vineyard ye do not plant , nor have ye any ; for in tents do ye dwell all your days , that ye may live many days on the face of the ground whither ye are sojourning . ylt @Jeremiah:35:8 @'And we hearken to the voice of Jonadab son of Rechab , our father , to all that he commanded us , not to drink wine all our days , we , our wives , our sons , and our daughters ; ylt @Jeremiah:35:9 @nor to build houses for our dwelling ; and vineyard , and field , and seed , we have none ; ylt @Jeremiah:35:10 @and we dwell in tents , and we hearken , and we do according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us ; ylt @Jeremiah:35:11 @and it cometh to pass , in the coming up of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon unto the land , that we say , Come , and we enter Jerusalem , because of the force of the Chaldeans , and because of the force of Aram -- and we dwell in Jerusalem .' ylt @Jeremiah:35:12 @And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah , saying : 'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts , God of Israel : ylt @Jeremiah:35:13 @'Go , and thou hast said to the men of Judah , and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem : Do ye not receive instruction ? -- to hearken unto My words -- an affirmation of Jehovah . ylt @Jeremiah:35:14 @Performed have been the words of Jonadab son of Rechab , when he commanded his sons not to drink wine , and they have not drunk unto this day , for they have obeyed the command of their father ; and I -- I have spoken unto you , rising early and speaking , and ye have not hearkened unto Me .

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