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chapter 35
1
The
word that came to Jeremias from the Lord in the days of Joakim the son of
Josias king of Juda, saying:
2 Go to the house of the Rechabites: and speak to them,
and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers of the
treasures, and thou shalt give them wine to drink.
3 And I took Jezonias the son of Jeremias the son of
Habsanias, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the
Rechabites.
4 And I brought them into the house of the Lord, to the
treasure house of the sons of Hanan, the son of Jegedelias the man of God,
which was by the treasure house of the princes, above the treasure of Maasias
the son of Sellum, who was keeper of the entry.
5 And I set before the sons of the house of the
Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups: and I said to them: Drink ye wine.
6 And they answered : We will not drink wine: because
Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying: You shall drink no
wine, neither you, nor your children, for ever:
7 Neither shall ye build houses, nor sow seed, nor
plant vineyards, nor have any: but you shall dwell in tents all your days, that
you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are strangers.
8 Therefore we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son
of Rechab, our father, in all things that he commanded us: so as to drink no
wine all our days: neither we, nor our wives, nor our sons, nor our daughters:
9 Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have
vineyard, or field, or seed:
10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have been obedient
according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
11 But when Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came up to
our land, we said: Come, let us go into Jerusalem from the face of the army of
the Chaldeans, and from the face of the army of Syria: and we have remained in
Jerusalem.
12 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying:
13 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Go,
and say to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Will you not
receive instruction, to obey my words, saith the Lord ?
14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, by which he
commanded his sons not to drink wine, have prevailed: and they have drunk none
to this day, because they have obeyed the commandment of their father: but I
have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, and you have not obeyed me.
15 And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets,
rising early, and sending and saying: Return ye every man from his wicked way,
and make your ways good: and follow not strange gods, nor worship them, and you
shall dwell in the land, which I gave you and your fathers: and you have not
inclined your ear, nor hearkened to me.
16 So the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have
constantly kept the commandment of their father, which he commanded them: but
this people hath not obeyed me.
17 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of
Israel: Behold I will bring upon Juda, and upon all the inhabitants of
Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them, because I have
spoken to them, and they have not heard: I have called to them, and they have
not answered me.
18 And Jeremias said to the house of the Rechabites:
Thus saith the Lord of hosts the Cod of Israel: Because you have obeyed the
commandment of Jonadab your father, and have kept all his precepts, and have
done all that he commanded you:
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord of host the God of
Israel: There shall not be wanting a man of the race of Jonadab the son of
Rechab, standing before me for ever.
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