Verse 7
Jeremiah 35:7
New Living Translation
7
And do not build houses or plant crops or vineyards, but always live in tents. If you follow these commands, you will live long, good lives in the land.’
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/בַ֣יִת לֹֽא תִבְנ֗וּ וְ/זֶ֤רַע לֹֽא תִזְרָ֨עוּ֙ וְ/כֶ֣רֶם לֹֽא תִטָּ֔עוּ וְ/לֹ֥א יִֽהְיֶ֖ה לָ/כֶ֑ם כִּ֠י בָּ/אֳהָלִ֤ים תֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ כָּל יְמֵי/כֶ֔ם לְמַ֨עַן תִּֽחְי֜וּ יָמִ֤ים רַבִּים֙ עַל פְּנֵ֣י הָ/אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֖ם גָּרִ֥ים שָֽׁם
English Translation
And you shall not build a house, and you shall not sow seed, and you shall not plant a vineyard, and there shall not be for you, for you shall dwell in tents all the days of your life, that you may prolong your days upon the land which you are crossing over to dwell there.
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Chapter 35 Context
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This is the message the LORD gave Jeremiah when Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah:
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“Go to the settlement where the families of the Recabites live, and invite them to the LORD’s Temple...
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3
So I went to see Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah and grandson of Habazziniah and all his brothers and sons...
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4
I took them to the Temple, and we went into the room assigned to the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah,...
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I set cups and jugs of wine before them and invited them to have a drink,
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but they refused. “No,” they said, “we don’t drink wine, because our ancestor Jehonadab son of Recab...
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7
And do not build houses or plant crops or vineyards, but always live in tents. If you follow these c...
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So we have obeyed him in all these things. We have never had a drink of wine to this day, nor have o...
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9
We haven’t built houses or owned vineyards or farms or planted crops.
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10
We have lived in tents and have fully obeyed all the commands of Jehonadab, our ancestor.
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11
But when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked this country, we were afraid of the Babylonian and...
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12
Then the LORD gave this message to Jeremiah:
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“This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: Go and say to the peopl...
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14
The Recabites do not drink wine to this day because their ancestor Jehonadab told them not to. But I...
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15
Time after time I sent you prophets, who told you, “Turn from your wicked ways, and start doing thin...
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The descendants of Jehonadab son of Recab have obeyed their ancestor completely, but you have refuse...
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“Therefore, this is what the LORD God (Elohim) of Heaven’s Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says:...
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Then Jeremiah turned to the Recabites and said, “This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God (...
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Therefore, this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: ‘Jehonadab so...
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