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          DASV: Jeremiah 35    

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
2 "Go to the house of the Rechabites and speak to them and bring
them into the house of the LORD, into one of the side rooms
and give them wine to drink."
3 So I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of
Habazziniah, and his brothers, all his sons, and the
whole house of the Rechabites.
4 I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the room
appointed to the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the
man of God. It was by the room of the temple officials,
which was above the room of Maaseiah the son of Shallum,
the gatekeeper.
5 I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls
full of wine and cups, and I said to them, "Drink wine."
6 But they said, "We will not drink wine; for Jonadab the
son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, 'You should
not drink wine, neither you, nor your children, forever.
7 Furthermore you should not build houses, or sow seed, or
plant a vineyard, or even own one; but all your days you
should live in tents, so that you may live many days in
the land where you sojourn.'
8 We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab,
our father, in everything that he has ordered us, to
drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons,
or our daughters.
9 We have not built houses to live in; nor do we own a
vineyard, field, or seed.
10 We have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done
everything that Jonadab our forefather commanded us.
11 But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the
land, 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 Arameans, which is why we are living
in Jerusalem.'"

12 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
13 "This is what the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,
says: Go, and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, 'Will you not receive instruction and
obey my words?' says the LORD.
14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, when he
commanded his descendants not to drink wine, are followed
to this day. They do not drink, for they obey their
father's commandment. But I have repeatedly spoken
to you, and you have not obeyed me.
15 I have sent to you all my servants the prophets,
sending them over and over, saying, "Turn now everyone
from their evil way, and change your behavior, and go
not after other gods to serve them, and you will dwell
in the land I have given to you and to your forefathers.
But you refused to pay attention or listen to me.
16 But the descendants of Jonadab the son of Rechab have
carried out the command their forefather gave them,
but this people refuses to obey me.
17 Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of hosts, the
God of Israel says: 'I will bring on Judah and on all
the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the disaster that I
have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to
them, but they have not listened. I have called to them,
but they have not answered.'"

18 Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, "This
is what the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel says: 'You have
obeyed the command of Jonadab your father, and kept all
his precepts, and done everything that he commanded you.'"
19 Therefore this is what the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel says: 'Jonadab the son of Rechab will not lack a man
to serve me forever.'"

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