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 rooms , 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 room of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah , the man of God , which was by the room of the princes , which was above the room of Maaseiah the son of Shallum , the keeper of the threshold . * I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine , and cups ; and I said to them , Drink wine ! * But they said , We will drink no wine ; for Jonadab the son of Rechab , our father , commanded us , saying , You shall drink no wine , neither you , nor your sons , forever : * neither shall you build house , nor sow seed , nor plant vineyard , nor have any ; but all your days you shall dwell in tents ; that you may live many days in the land in which you live . * We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab , our father , in all that he commanded 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 lived in tents , and have obeyed , and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us . * But it happened , when Nebuchadnezzar 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 came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah , saying , * Thus says Yahweh of Armies , the God of Israel : Go , and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem , Will you 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 , rising up early and speaking ; and you have not listened to me . * I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets , 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 shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers : but you have not inclined your ear , nor listened to me . * Because 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 Armies , the God of Israel : Behold , 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 have not heard ; and I have called to them , but they have not answered . * Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites , Thus says Yahweh of Armies , the God of Israel : Because you 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 Armies , the God of Israel : Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me forever .

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