OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 10

Jeremiah 35:10

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but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

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Jeremiah 35:7–13

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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 land in which you live as nomads.’

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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, or our daughters;

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and not to build houses for ourselves to dwell in. We have no vineyard, field, or seed;

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but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

11

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 fear of the army of the Syrians; so we will dwell at Jerusalem.’”

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Then the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,

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“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 listen to my words?” says the LORD.

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