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The word[H1697] which came unto Jeremiah[H3414] from the LORD[H3068] in the days[H3117] of Jehoiakim[H3079] the son[H1121] of Josiah[H2977]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], saying[H559],
2Go[H1980] unto the house[H1004] of the Rechabites[H7397], and speak[H1696] unto them, and bring[H935] them into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], into one[H259] of the chambers[H3957], and give them wine[H3196] to drink[H8248].
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Then I took[H3947]Jaazaniah[H2970] the son[H1121] of Jeremiah[H3414], the son[H1121] of Habaziniah[H2262], and his brethren[H251], and all his sons[H1121], and the whole house[H1004] of the Rechabites[H7397];
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And I brought[H935] them into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], into the chamber[H3957] of the sons[H1121] of Hanan[H2605], the son[H1121] of Igdaliah[H3012], a man[H376] of God[H430], which was by[H681] the chamber[H3957] of the princes[H8269], which was above[H4605] the chamber[H3957] of Maaseiah[H4641] the son[H1121] of Shallum[H7967], the keeper[H8104] of the door[H5592]:
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And I set[H5414]before[H6440] the sons[H1121] of the house[H1004] of the Rechabites[H7397]pots[H1375]full[H4392] of wine[H3196], and cups[H3563], and I said[H559] unto them, Drink[H8354] ye wine[H3196].
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But they said[H559], We will drink[H8354] no wine[H3196]: for[H5704]Jonadab[H3122] the son[H1121] of Rechab[H7394] our father[H1]commanded[H6680] us, saying[H559], Ye shall drink[H8354] no wine[H3196], neither ye, nor your sons[H1121]for[H5704]ever[H5769]:
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Neither shall ye build[H1129]house[H1004], nor sow[H2232]seed[H2233], nor plant[H5193]vineyard[H3754], nor have any: but all your days[H3117] ye shall dwell[H3427]in[H6440]tents[H168]; that ye may live[H2421]many[H7227]days[H3117]in[H6440] the land[H127] where ye be strangers[H1481].
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Thus have we obeyed[H8085] the voice[H6963] of Jonadab[H3082] the son[H1121] of Rechab[H7394] our father[H1] in all that he hath charged[H6680] us, to drink[H8354] no wine[H3196] all our days[H3117], we, our wives[H802], our sons[H1121], nor our daughters[H1323];
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Nor to build[H1129]houses[H1004] for us to dwell in[H3427]: neither have we vineyard[H3754], nor field[H7704], nor seed[H2233]:
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But we have dwelt in[H3427]tents[H168], and have obeyed[H8085], and done[H6213] according to all that Jonadab[H3122] our father[H1]commanded[H6680] us.
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But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] came up[H5927] into the land[H776], that we said[H559], Come[H935], and let us go[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389] for fear[H6440] of the army[H2428] of the Chaldeans[H3778], and for fear[H6440] of the army[H2428] of the Syrians[H758]: so we dwell[H3427] at Jerusalem[H3389].
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Then came the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] unto Jeremiah[H3414], saying[H559],
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Go[H1980] and tell[H559] the men[H376] of Judah[H3063] and the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389], Will ye not receive[H3947]instruction[H4148] to hearken[H8085] to my words?[H1697]saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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The words[H1697] of Jonadab[H3082] the son[H1121] of Rechab[H7394], that he commanded[H6680] his sons[H1121] not to drink[H8354]wine[H3196], are performed[H6965]; for unto this day[H3117] they drink[H8354] none, but obey[H8085] their father's commandment[H4687]: notwithstanding I have spoken[H1696] unto you, rising early[H7925] and speaking[H1696]; but ye hearkened[H8085] not unto me.
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I have sent[H7971] also unto you all my servants[H5650] the prophets[H5030], rising up early[H7925] and sending[H7971] them, saying[H559], Return[H7725] ye now every man[H376] from his evil[H7451]way[H1870], and amend[H3190] your doings[H4611], and go[H3212] not after[H310]other[H312]gods[H430] to serve[H5647] them, and ye shall dwell in[H3427] the land[H127] which I have given[H5414] to you and to your fathers[H1]: but ye have not inclined[H5186] your ear[H241], nor hearkened[H8085] unto me.
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Because the sons[H1121] of Jonadab[H3082] the son[H1121] of Rechab[H7394] have performed[H6965] the commandment[H4687] of their father[H1], which he commanded[H6680] them; but this people[H5971] hath not hearkened[H8085] unto me:
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Behold, I will bring[H935] upon Judah[H3063] and upon all the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389] all the evil[H7451] that I have pronounced[H1696] against them: because I have spoken[H1696] unto them, but they have not heard[H8085]; and I have called[H7121] unto them, but they have not answered[H6030].
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And Jeremiah[H3414]said[H559] unto the house[H1004] of the Rechabites[H7397], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Because ye have obeyed[H8085] the commandment[H4687] of Jonadab[H3082] your father[H1], and kept[H8104] all his precepts[H4687], and done[H6213] according unto all that he hath commanded[H6680] you:
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Jonadab[H3122] the son[H1121] of Rechab[H7394] shall not want[H3772] a man[H376] to stand[H5975]before[H6440] me for ever[H3117].