Verse 16
Jeremiah 35:16
Free Bible Version
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These descendants of Jonadab son of Rechab have followed the command given to them by their forefather, but these people haven't obeyed me.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֣י הֵקִ֗ימוּ בְּנֵי֙ יְהוֹנָדָ֣ב בֶּן רֵכָ֔ב אֶת מִצְוַ֥ת אֲבִי/הֶ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֑/ם וְ/הָ/עָ֣ם הַ/זֶּ֔ה לֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ אֵלָֽ/י
English Translation
For the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have fulfilled the command of their father, which he commanded them, but this people has not listened to Me.
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Chapter 35 Context
1
This is the message that came to Jeremiah from the Lord during the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah...
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Go to where the Rechabites live. Invite them to come with you to one of the rooms in the Lord's Temp...
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3
So I went to visit Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his s...
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Then I took them into the Lord's Temple, to a room used by the sons of Hanan, son of Igdaliah, a man...
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5
I placed some jugs full of wine and some cups before the Rechabites and told them, “Have some wine t...
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6
“We don't drink wine,” they said, “because our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab gave us these orders...
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7
Don't ever build houses or sow crops or plant vineyards. You're not to do this. Instead, you are to...
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8
We have done exactly what our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab told us. None of us have ever drunk w...
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9
We haven't built houses to live in, and we haven't had any vineyards or fields or grown any crops.
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10
We've lived in tents and have obeyed our forefather Jonadab, following everything he ordered us to d...
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11
So when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the country we decided, ‘Come on, let's go into Jerus...
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12
Then a message from the Lord came to Jeremiah:
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13
This is what the Lord Almighty, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and t...
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14
The instructions of Jonadab son of Rechab have been followed. He ordered his descendants not to drin...
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15
Time and again I've sent you so many of my servants the prophets to tell you: Everyone, stop your ev...
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16
These descendants of Jonadab son of Rechab have followed the command given to them by their forefath...
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So this is what the Lord God (Elohim) Almighty, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: Watch as I bring d...
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18
Then Jeremiah told the Rechabites: This is what the Lord Almighty, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says:...
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19
this is what the Lord Almighty, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will always...
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