Jeremiah 35:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
5 And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and [a]said unto them, Drink wine.
6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for [b]Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, [c]Ye shall drink no wine, neither you nor your sons forever.
7 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 a long time in the land where ye be strangers.
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- Jeremiah 35:5 The Prophet saith not. The Lord saith thus, for then they ought to have obeyed, but he tendeth to another end: that is, to declare their obedience to man, seeing the Jews would not obey God himself.
- Jeremiah 35:6 Whom Jehu the King of Israel favored for his zeal, 2 Kings 10:15.
- Jeremiah 35:6 Teaching them hereby to flee all occasion of intemperancy, ambition and avarice, and that they might know that they were strangers in the earth, and be ready to depart at all occasions.
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