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Jeremiah 35:2 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" “Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them into the LORD’s house, into one of the rooms, and give them wine to drink.” "
Jeremiah 35:2
Verse in Context
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1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
2 “Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them into the LORD’s house, into one of the rooms, and give them wine to drink.”
3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, with his brothers, all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
4 and I brought them into the LORD’s house, into the room of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the room of the princes, which was above the room of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold.
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Jeremiah 35:1
"The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,"
Jeremiah 35:3
"Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, with his brothers, all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;"
Jeremiah 35:4
"and I brought them into the LORD’s house, into the room of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the room of the princes, which was above the room of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold."
Jeremiah 35:5
"I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, “Drink wine!”"
Jeremiah 35:6
"But they said, “We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, ‘You shall drink no wine, neither you nor your children, forever."
Jeremiah 35:7
"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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