Jeremiah Chapter 35

• Jeremiah 35:1
  Jeremiah.
• Jeremiah 35:2
  The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
• Jeremiah 35:3
  “Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them into the LORD’s house, into one of the rooms, and give them wine to drink.”
• Jeremiah 35:4
  Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, with his brothers, all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
• Jeremiah 35:5
  and I brought them into the LORD’s house, into the room of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the room of the princes...
• Jeremiah 35:6
  I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, “Drink wine!”
• Jeremiah 35:7
  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...
• Jeremiah 35:8
  You shall not build a house, sow seed, plant a vineyard, or have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents, that you may live many days in the l...
• Jeremiah 35:9
  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...
• Jeremiah 35:10
  and not to build houses for ourselves to dwell in. We have no vineyard, field, or seed;
• Jeremiah 35:11
  but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
• Jeremiah 35:12
  But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, we said, ‘Come! Let’s go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fe...
• Jeremiah 35:13
  Then the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,
• Jeremiah 35:14
  “The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, “Will you not receive instruction to lis...
• Jeremiah 35:15
  “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 t...
• Jeremiah 35:16
  I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, ‘Every one of you must return now from his evil way, a...
• Jeremiah 35:17
  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.”...
• Jeremiah 35:18
  “Therefore the LORD, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil t...
• Jeremiah 35:19
  Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, “The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your f...
• Jeremiah 35:20
  therefore the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Jonadab the son of Rechab will not lack a man to stand before me forever.’”