Jeremiah:35

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* The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah , king of Judah , saying , * Go to the house of the Rechabites , and speak to them , and bring them into the house of Yahweh , into one of the chambers , and give them wine to drink . * Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah , the son of Habazziniah , and his brothers , and all his sons , and the whole house of the Rechabites ; * and I brought them into the house of Yahweh , into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah , the man of God , which was by the chamber of the princes , which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum , the keeper of the threshold . * And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine , and cups ; and I said to them , Drink (note :){+}(:note ) wine . * But they said , We will drink no wine ; for Jonadab the son of Rechab , our father , commanded us , saying , You (note :){+}(:note ) will drink no wine , neither you {+}, nor your {+} sons , forever : * neither will you (note :){+}(:note ) build house , nor sow seed , nor plant vineyard , nor have any ; but all your {+} days you {+} will dwell in tents ; that you {+} may live many days in the land in which you {+} sojourn . * And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab , our father , in all that he charged us , to drink no wine all our days , we , our wives , our sons , or our daughters ; * nor to build houses for us to dwell in ; neither have we vineyard , nor field , nor seed : * but we have dwelt in tents , and have obeyed , and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us . * But it came to pass , when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land , that we said , Come , and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans , and for fear of the army of the Syrians ; so we dwell at Jerusalem . * Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah , saying , * Thus says Yahweh of hosts , the God of Israel : Go , and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem , Will you (note :){+}(:note ) not receive instruction to listen to my words ? says Yahweh . * The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab , that he commanded his sons , not to drink wine , are performed ; and to this day they drink none , for they obey their father 's commandment : but I have spoken to you (note :){+}(:note ), rising up early and speaking ; and you {+} haven 't listened to me . * I have sent also all my slaves the prophets to you (note :){+}(:note ), rising up early and sending them , saying , Return {+} now every man from his evil way , and amend your {+} doings , and don 't go after other gods to serve them , and you {+} will dwell in the land which I have given to you {+} and to your {+} fathers : but you {+} haven 't inclined your {+} ear , nor listened to me . * Since the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them , but this people has not listened to me ; * therefore thus says Yahweh , the God of hosts , the God of Israel : Look , I will bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them ; because I have spoken to them , but they haven 't heard ; and I have called to them , but they haven 't answered . * And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites , Thus says Yahweh of hosts , the God of Israel : Because you (note :){+}(:note ) have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your {+} father , and kept all his precepts , and done according to all that he commanded you {+}; * therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts , the God of Israel : Jonadab the son of Rechab will not lack a man to stand before me forever .

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