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Jeremiah 35:6

& But they said, "We will not drink wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, `You shall not drink wine, you or your sons, forever.

Jere 35:7

& ~`You shall not build a house, and you shall not sow seed and you shall not plant a vineyard or own one; but in tents you shall dwell all your days, that you may live many days in the land where you sojourn.'

Jere 35:8

& ~"We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, not to drink wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons or our daughters,

Jere 35:9

& nor to build ourselves houses to dwell in; and we do not have vineyard or field or seed.

Jere 35:10

& ~"We have only dwelt in tents, and have obeyed and have done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

Jere 35:11

& ~"But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against the land, we said, `Come and let us go to Jerusalem before the army of the Chaldeans and before the army of the Arameans.' So we have dwelt in Jerusalem."

Jere 35:12

& Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,

Jere 35:13

& "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, `Go and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, "Will you not receive instruction by listening to My words?" declares the LORD.

Jere 35:14

& "The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, which he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are observed. So they do not drink {wine} to this day, for they have obeyed their father's command. But I have spoken to you again and again; yet you have not listened to Me.

Jeremiah 35:6

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