Jeremiah:35

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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 , * 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 . * 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 ; * 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 : * 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 . * 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 : * 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 . * 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 ; * 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 came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah , saying , * Thus saith the LORD of hosts , the God of Israel Yisra #el #; 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 : * 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 . * 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 : * 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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