Jeremiah 35 (NET)

Jeremiah 35:1¹The Lord spoke to Jeremiah when Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 23:35Jer 1:3Jer 25:12 Chr 36:5-82 Kgs 24:1-6Dan 1:1Jer 22:13-19Jer 26:1Jer 36:1Jer 36:29

Jeremiah 35:2²“Go to the Rechabite community. Invite them to come into one of the side rooms of the Lord ’s temple and offer them some wine to drink.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 2:551 Chr 9:261 Kgs 6:5-61 Chr 23:281 Chr 9:331 Kgs 6:102 Chr 3:92 Chr 31:112 Kgs 10:15-16Ezek 40:16

Jeremiah 35:3³So I went and got Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah the grandson of Habazziniah, his brothers, all his sons, and all the rest of the Rechabite community.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Jeremiah 35:4⁴I took them to the Lord ’s temple. I took them into the room where the disciples of the prophet Hanan son of Igdaliah stayed. That room was next to the one where the temple officers stayed and above the room where Maaseiah son of Shallum, one of the doorkeepers of the temple, stayed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 33:12 Chr 8:142 Kgs 12:91 Chr 9:18-191 Kgs 12:222 Kgs 1:11-132 Kgs 1:92 Kgs 25:18Josh 14:61 Chr 9:27

Jeremiah 35:5⁵Then I set cups and pitchers full of wine in front of the members of the Rechabite community and said to them, “Have some wine.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 2:12Eccl 9:72 Cor 2:9Jer 35:2

Jeremiah 35:6⁶But they answered, “We do not drink wine because our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us not to. He told us, ‘You and your children must never drink wine.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 2:552 Kgs 10:15Luke 1:15Judg 13:14Judg 13:7Lev 10:91 Chr 16:191 Cor 7:26-311 Pet 2:112 Kgs 10:23

Jeremiah 35:7⁷Do not build houses. Do not plant crops. Do not plant a vineyard or own one. Live in tents all your lives. If you do these things you will live a long time in the land that you wander about on.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 35:10Eph 6:2-3Exod 20:12Gen 25:27Lev 23:42-43Neh 8:14-161 Pet 2:11Eph 5:18Heb 11:9-13

Jeremiah 35:8⁸We and our wives and our sons and daughters have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us. We have never drunk wine.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 3:20Prov 1:8-9Prov 4:1-2Prov 4:10Prov 6:20Prov 13:1

Jeremiah 35:9⁹We have not built any houses to live in. We do not own any vineyards, fields, or crops.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 6:6Jer 35:7Ps 37:162 Kgs 5:26Num 16:14

Jeremiah 35:10¹⁰We have lived in tents. We have obeyed our ancestor Jonadab and done exactly as he commanded us.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Jeremiah 35:11¹¹But when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded the land we said, ‘Let’s get up and go to Jerusalem to get away from the Babylonian and Aramean armies.’ That is why we are staying here in Jerusalem.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 8:142 Kgs 24:1-2Dan 1:1-2Jer 4:5-7Luke 21:20-21Mark 13:14

Jeremiah 35:12¹²Then the Lord’ s message came to Jeremiah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Jeremiah 35:13¹³The Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, told him, “Go and speak to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem. Tell them, ‘I, the Lord, say: “You must learn a lesson from this about obeying what I say.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 32:33Jer 5:3Isa 28:9-12Jer 6:8-10Heb 12:25Isa 42:23Jer 9:12Prov 19:20Prov 8:10Ps 32:8-9

Jeremiah 35:14¹⁴Jonadab son of Rechab ordered his descendants not to drink wine. His orders have been carried out. To this day his descendants have drunk no wine because they have obeyed what their ancestor commanded them. But I have spoken to you over and over again, but you have not obeyed me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 25:3-4Isa 30:9Isa 50:2Jer 11:7Jer 7:13Jer 7:24-26Prov 1:20-332 Chr 36:15-16Jer 29:19Jer 32:33

Jeremiah 35:15¹⁵I sent all my servants the prophets to warn you over and over again. They said, ‘Every one of you, stop doing the evil things you have been doing and do what is right. Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship them. Then you can continue to live in this land that I gave to you and your ancestors.’ But you did not pay any attention or listen to me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 18:11Ezek 18:30-32Jer 25:5-6Hos 14:1-4Jer 17:20-25Jer 7:3-7Acts 26:20Isa 1:16-19Jer 22:4Jer 7:25-26

Jeremiah 35:16¹⁶Yes, the descendants of Jonadab son of Rechab have carried out the orders that their ancestor gave them. But you people have not obeyed me!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 35:14Mal 1:6Isa 1:3Luke 15:11-13Luke 15:28-30Matt 11:28-30

Jeremiah 35:17¹⁷So I, the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, say: ‘I will soon bring on Judah and all the citizens of Jerusalem all the disaster that I threatened to bring on them. I will do this because I spoke to them but they did not listen. I called out to them but they did not answer.’”’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 66:4Isa 65:12Jer 7:13Rom 10:21Luke 13:34-35Prov 16:2Isa 50:2Jer 11:8Jer 21:4-10Jer 26:5

Jeremiah 35:18¹⁸Then Jeremiah spoke to the Rechabite community, “The Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says, ‘You have obeyed the orders of your ancestor Jonadab. You have followed all his instructions. You have done exactly as he commanded you.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 5:16Exod 20:12Eph 6:1-3

Jeremiah 35:19¹⁹So the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘Jonadab son of Rechab will never lack a male descendant to serve me.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 15:19Luke 21:36Jer 33:17-18Jude 1:24Ps 5:51 Chr 2:55