Jeremiah:35-36,
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The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah ,
saying ,
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Go unto the house of the Rechabites ,
and speak unto them ,
and bring them into the house of the LORD ,
into one of the chambers ,
and give them wine to drink .
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Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah ,
the son of Habaziniah ,
and his brethren ,
and all his sons ,
and the whole house of the Rechabites ;
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And I brought them into the house of the LORD ,
into the chamber of the sons of Hanan ,
the son of Igdaliah ,
a 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 door :
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And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine ,
and cups ,
and I said unto them ,
Drink ye wine .
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But they said ,
We will drink no wine :
for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us ,
saying ,
Ye shall drink no wine ,
neither ye ,
nor your sons for ever :
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Neither shall ye build house ,
nor sow seed ,
nor plant vineyard ,
nor have any :
but all your days ye shall dwell in tents ;
that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers .
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Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us ,
to drink no wine all our days ,
we ,
our wives ,
our sons ,
nor our daughters ;
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Nor to build houses for us to dwell in :
neither have we vineyard ,
nor field ,
nor seed :
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But we have dwelt in tents ,
and have obeyed ,
and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us .
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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 .
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Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah ,
saying ,
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel Yisra #
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Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem ,
Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words ?
saith the LORD .
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The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab ,
that he commanded his sons not to drink wine ,
are performed ;
for unto this day they drink none ,
but obey their fathers commandment :
notwithstanding I have spoken unto you ,
rising early and speaking ;
but ye hearkened not unto me .
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I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets ,
rising up early and sending them ,
saying ,
Return ye now every man from his evil way ,
and amend your doings ma #
alal #,
and go not after other gods to serve them ,
and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers :
but ye have not inclined your ear ,
nor hearkened unto me .
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Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father ,
which he commanded them ;
but this people hath not hearkened unto me :
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Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts ,
the God of Israel Yisra #
el #;
Behold ,
I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them :
because I have spoken unto them ,
but they have not heard ;
and I have called unto them ,
but they have not answered .
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And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites ,
Thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel Yisra #
el #;
Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father ,
and kept all his precepts ,
and done according unto all that he hath commanded you :
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Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel Yisra #
el #;
Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever .
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And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah ,
that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD ,
saying ,
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Take thee a roll of a book ,
and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel Yisra #
el #,
and against Judah ,
and against all the nations ,
from the day I spake unto thee ,
from the days of Josiah Yo #
shiyah #,
even unto this day .
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It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them ;
that they may return every man from his evil way ;
that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin chatta #
ah #.
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Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah :
and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD ,
which he had spoken unto him ,
upon a roll of a book .
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And Jeremiah commanded Baruch ,
saying ,
I am shut up ;
I cannot go into the house of the LORD :
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Therefore go thou ,
and read in the roll ,
which thou hast written from my mouth ,
the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORDS house upon the fasting day :
and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities .
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It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD ,
and will return every one from his evil way :
for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people .
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And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him ,
reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORDS house .
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And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah ,
in the ninth month ,
that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem ,
and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem .
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Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD ,
in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe ,
in the higher court ,
at the entry of thew gate of the LORDS house ,
in the ears of all the people .
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When Michaiah the son of Gemariah ,
the son of Shaphan ,
had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD ,
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Then he went down into the kings house ,
into the scribes chamber :
and ,
lo ,
all the princes sat there ,
even Elishama the scribe ,
and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah Sh @
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and Elnathan the son of Achbor ,
and Gemariah the son of Shaphan ,
and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah ,
and all the princes .
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Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard ,
when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people .
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Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah ,
the son of Shelemiah ,
the son of Cushi ,
unto Baruch ,
saying ,
Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people ,
and come .
So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand ,
and came unto them .
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And they said unto him ,
Sit down now ,
and read it in our ears .
So Baruch read it in their ears .
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Now it came to pass ,
when they had heard all the words ,
they were afraid both one and other ,
and said unto Baruch ,
We will surely tell the king of all these words .
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And they asked Baruch ,
saying ,
Tell us now ,
How didst thou write all these words at his mouth ?
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Then Baruch answered them ,
He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth ,
and I wrote them with ink in the book .
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Then said the princes unto Baruch ,
Go ,
hide thee ,
thou and Jeremiah ;
and let no man know where ye be .
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And they went in to the king into the court ,
but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe ,
and told all the words in the ears of the king .
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So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll :
and he took it out of Elishama the scribes chamber .
And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king ,
and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king .
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Now the king sat in the winterhouse bayith #
in the ninth month :
and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him .
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And it came to pass ,
that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves ,
he cut it with the penknife #
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and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth ,
until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth .
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Yet they were not afraid ,
nor rent their garments ,
neither the king ,
nor any of his servants that heard all these words .
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Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll :
but he would not hear them .
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But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech ,
and Seraiah the son of Azriel #
Azriy #
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and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel #
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to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet :
but the LORD hid them .
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Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah ,
after that the king had burned the roll ,
and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah ,
saying ,
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Take thee again another roll ,
and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll ,
which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned .
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And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah ,
Thus saith the LORD ;
Thou hast burned this roll ,
saying ,
Why hast thou written therein ,
saying ,
The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land ,
and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast ?
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Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah ;
He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David :
and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat ,
and in the night to the frost .
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And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity ;
and I will bring upon them ,
and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem ,
and upon the men of Judah ,
all the evil that I have pronounced against them ;
but they hearkened not .
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Then took Jeremiah another roll ,
and gave it to Baruch the scribe ,
the son of Neriah ;
who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire :
and there were added besides unto them many like words .
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And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim ,
whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah .