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Title:       Old Testament, The
Book:        Jeremiah
Author:      Various
Date:        1885

Chapter 35

     The word which came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah in the days of Jehoiakim
the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, Go unto the house of the Rechabites,
and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of Jehovah, into one of the
chambers, and give them wine to drink.  Then I took Jaazaniah the son of
Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the
whole house of the Rechabites; and I brought them into the house of Jehovah,
into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God,
which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of
Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold.  And I set before
the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I
said unto them, Drink ye wine.  But they said, We will drink no wine; for
Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no
wine, neither ye, nor your sons, for ever: neither shall ye build house, nor
sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days ye shall dwell
in tents; that ye may live many days in the land wherein ye sojourn.  And we
have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he
charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our
daughters; nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard,
nor field, nor seed: but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done
according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.  But it came to pass,
when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that 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 Syrians; so we dwell at Jerusalem. Then came the word of
Jehovah unto Jeremiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel:
Go, and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not
receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith Jehovah.  The words of
Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are
performed; and unto this day they drink none, for they obey their father's
commandment.  But I have spoken unto you, rising up early and speaking; and ye
have not hearkened unto me.  I have sent also unto you all my servants the
prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man
from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve
them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your
fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.  Forasmuch
as the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of
their father which he commanded them, but this people hath not hearkened unto
me; therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold,
I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil
that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken unto them, but they
have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.

     And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith Jehovah of
hosts, the God of Israel: Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab
your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he
commanded you; therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel:
Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.