Jeremiah 35
Lexham English Bible
The Faithfulness of the Rechabites
35 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, saying,[a] 2 “Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak with them, and bring them to the house of Yahweh into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.” 3 So I took Jaazaniah, the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers, and all his sons, and the whole of the house of the Rechabites, 4 and I brought them to the house of Yahweh, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was beside the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah, the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold.
5 Then I set[b] before[c] the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine and cups, and I said to them, “Drink wine.” 6 But they answered, “We will not drink wine, for Jonadab, the son of Rechab, our ancestor,[d] commanded us, saying,[e] ‘You shall not drink wine, you or your children, forever.[f] 7 And you shall not build a house, and you shall not sow seed, and you shall not plant a vineyard, and it shall not be for you, but in tents you shall live all your days, so that you may live many days on the surface of the land where you are dwelling as aliens.’ 8 And we obeyed the voice of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, our ancestor,[g] in all that he commanded us, not to drink wine all our days, ourselves, our wives, our sons, or our daughters, 9 and not to build houses for our living, and there is not vineyard, or field, or seed for us. 10 But we have lived in tents, and we have obeyed, and we have done all that Jehonadab, our ancestor,[h] commanded us. 11 But then[i] at the coming up against the land of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, then we said, ‘Come and let us go to Jerusalem before[j] the army of the Chaldeans, and before[k] the army of the Arameans.’[l] That is why we are living in Jerusalem.”
12 And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying,[m] 13 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Go and say to the people of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, “Can you not learn a lesson to listen to my words?” declares[n] Yahweh. 14 “The words of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, that he commanded his descendants[o] to not drink, have been carried out, and they have not drunk until this day, for they have obeyed the command of their ancestor.[p] But I have spoken to you over and over again,[q] and you have not listened to me. 15 And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, I have sent them over and over again,[r] saying,[s] ‘Turn back please each one from his evil way, and amend your deeds, and you must not go after other gods to serve them, so that you may live[t] on the land that I gave to you and to your ancestors.’[u] But you did not incline your ear and you did not listen to me. 16 For the descendants[v] of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, have carried out the command of their ancestor[w] that he commanded them, but this people did not listen to me.”
17 Therefore[x] thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, “Look, I am going to bring to Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem every disaster that I have spoken against them, because I have spoken to them and they have not listened, and I have called to them and they have not answered.”’” 18 But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said, “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have listened to the command of Jonadab your ancestor,[y] and you have kept all his commands, and you have done all that he commanded you,’ 19 therefore[z] thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘A man will not be cut off for Jonadab, the son of Rechab, to stand before me[aa] always.’”[ab]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 35:1 Literally “to say”
- Jeremiah 35:5 Literally “gave”
- Jeremiah 35:5 Literally “to the face of”
- Jeremiah 35:6 Or “father”
- Jeremiah 35:6 Literally “to say”
- Jeremiah 35:6 Literally “until eternity”
- Jeremiah 35:8 Or “father”
- Jeremiah 35:10 Or “father”
- Jeremiah 35:11 Literally “And it was”
- Jeremiah 35:11 “from the face of”
- Jeremiah 35:11 “from the face of”
- Jeremiah 35:11 Hebrew “Aramean”
- Jeremiah 35:12 Literally “to say”
- Jeremiah 35:13 Literally “a declaration of”
- Jeremiah 35:14 Or “children”
- Jeremiah 35:14 Or “father”
- Jeremiah 35:14 Literally “I have spoken to you doing early and speaking”
- Jeremiah 35:15 Literally “doing early and sending”
- Jeremiah 35:15 Literally “to say”
- Jeremiah 35:15 Literally “and live”
- Jeremiah 35:15 Or “fathers”
- Jeremiah 35:16 Or “children”
- Jeremiah 35:16 Or “father”
- Jeremiah 35:17 Literally “To thus”
- Jeremiah 35:18 Or “father”
- Jeremiah 35:19 Literally “to thus”
- Jeremiah 35:19 Literally “to the face of me”
- Jeremiah 35:19 Literally “all the days”
Geremia 35
La Nuova Diodati
35 La parola che fu rivolta a Geremia dall'Eterno al tempo di Jehoiakim, figlio di Giosia, re di Giuda, dicendo:
2 «Va' alla casa dei Rekabiti e parla loro, conducili quindi nella casa dell'Eterno, in una delle camere, e offri loro vino da bere».
3 Allora io presi Jaazaniah, figlio di Geremia, figlio di Habazziniah, i suoi fratelli e tutti i suoi figli e tutta la casa dei Rekabiti,
4 e li condussi nella casa dell'Eterno, nella camera dei figli di Hanan, figlio di Igdaliah, uomo di DIO, la quale si trovava vicino alla camera dei principi sopra la camera di Maaseiah, figlio di Shallum, guardiano della porta.
5 Posi quindi davanti ai figli della casa dei Rekabiti dei boccali pieni di vino e delle coppe e dissi loro: «Bevete vino».
6 Ma essi risposero: «Noi non beviamo vino, perché Jehonadab, figlio ai Rekab, nostro padre, ci ha comandato, dicendo: "Non berrete vino in eterno, né voi né i vostri figli.
7 Non costruirete case, non seminerete alcuna semente, non pianterete vigne e non ne possederete alcuna, ma abiterete in tende tutti i giorni della vostra vita affinché viviate lungamente nel paese dove risiedete".
8 Cosí noi abbiamo ubbidito alla voce di Jehonadab, figlio di Rekab, nostro padre, in tutto ciò che ci ha comandato: di non bere vino per tutta la nostra vita tanto noi che le nostre mogli, i nostri figli e le nostre figlie;
9 di non costruire case per abitarvi e di non avere né vigna né campo né semente.
10 Ma abitiamo in tende e abbiamo ubbidito e fatto tutto ciò che Jehonadab nostro padre, ci ha comandato.
11 Ma avvenne che, quando Nebukadnetsar, re di Babilonia, è salito contro il paese, abbiamo detto: "Venite e andiamo a Gerusalemme, per paura dell'esercito dei Caldei e dell'esercito di Siria". E cosí ci siamo stabiliti a Gerusalemme».
12 Allora la parola dell'Eterno fu rivolta a Geremia, dicendo:
13 «Cosí dice l'Eterno degli eserciti, il DIO d'Israele: Va' e di' agli uomini di Giuda e agli abitanti di Gerusalemme: Non volete dunque ricevere ammaestramento, ascoltando le mie parole?». dice l'Eterno.
14 «Le parole di Jehonadab, figlio di Rekab, che comandò ai suoi figli di non bere vino, sono state messe in pratica; cosí essi non hanno bevuto vino fino a quest'oggi, perché hanno ubbidito al comando del loro padre. Ma, sebbene io vi ho parlato con urgenza ed insistenza, voi non mi avete ascoltato.
15 Vi ho anche mandato con urgenza ed insistenza i miei servi, i profeti, dicendovi: li ritragga dunque ciascuno dalla sua via malvagia, emendate le vostre azioni e non andate dietro ad altri dèi per servirli; allora abiterete nel paese che ho dato a voi e ai vostri padri". Ma voi non avete prestato orecchio né mi avete ubbidito.
16 Sí, i figli di Jehonadab, figlio di Rekab, hanno messo in pratica il comando dato loro dal padre, ma questo popolo non mi ha ubbidito».
17 Perciò cosí dice l'Eterno, il DIO degli eserciti, il DIO d'Israele: «Ecco, io faccio venire su Giuda e su tutti gli abitanti di Gerusalemme tutto il male che ho pronunciato contro di loro, perché ho parlato loro, ma non hanno ascoltato, li ho chiamati, ma non hanno risposto».
18 E alla casa dei Rekabiti Geremia disse: «Cosí dice l'Eterno degli eserciti, il DIO d'Israele: Poiché avete ubbidito all'ordine di Jehonadab, vostro padre, avete osservato tutti i suoi precetti e avete fatto tutto ciò che vi aveva prescritto,
19 cosí dice l'Eterno degli eserciti, il DIO d'Israele: A Jehonadab, figlio di Rekab, non verrà mai a mandare qualcuno che stia sempre davanti a me».
Jeremiah 35
Legacy Standard Bible
The Rechabites Listen to Jonadab
35 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of (A)Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, 2 “Go to the house of the (B)Rechabites and speak to them and bring them into the house of Yahweh, into one of the (C)chambers, and give them wine to drink.” 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons and the whole house of the Rechabites, 4 and I brought them into the house of Yahweh, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the (D)man of God, which was beside the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, (E)the doorkeeper. 5 Then I put before the [a]men of the house of the Rechabites pitchers full of wine and cups; and I said to them, “(F)Drink wine!” 6 But they said, “We will not drink wine, for (G)Jonadab the son of (H)Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, ‘You shall (I)not drink wine, you or your sons, forever. 7 And you shall not build a house, and you shall not sow seed, and you shall not plant a vineyard or own one; but (J)tents you shall inhabit all your days, that you may live (K)many days in the land where you (L)sojourn.’ 8 So we have (M)listened to the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, not to drink wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters, 9 nor to build ourselves houses to inhabit; and we (N)do not have vineyard or field or seed. 10 We have only (O)inhabited tents and have listened and have done according to all that (P)Jonadab our father commanded us. 11 But it happened that when (Q)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against the land, we said, ‘Come, let us (R)come to Jerusalem before the military force of the Chaldeans and before the military force of the Arameans.’ So we have inhabited Jerusalem.”
Yahweh Warns of Judah’s Discipline
12 Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying, 13 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Go and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, “(S)Will you not receive discipline by listening to My words?” declares Yahweh. 14 “The (T)words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, which he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are established. So they do not drink wine to this day, for they have listened to their father’s command. But I have spoken to you, (U)rising up early and speaking; yet you have (V)not listened to Me. 15 Also I have sent to you all My (W)slaves the prophets, rising up early and sending, saying: ‘(X)Turn now every man from his evil way and make good your deeds, and (Y)do not walk after other gods to [b]serve them. Then you will (Z)inhabit the land which I have given to you and to your fathers; but you have not (AA)inclined your ear or listened to Me. 16 Indeed, the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have (AB)established the command of their father which he commanded them, but this people has not listened to Me.’”’ 17 Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, (AC)I am bringing on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the harmful evil that I have spoken against them because I (AD)spoke to them but they did not listen, and I have called them but they did not answer.’”
18 Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have (AE)listened to the command of Jonadab your father, kept all his commands, and done according to all that he commanded you, 19 therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “Jonadab the son of Rechab (AF)shall not have a man cut off from (AG)standing before Me [c]always.”’”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 35:5 Lit sons
- Jeremiah 35:15 Or be a slave for
- Jeremiah 35:19 Lit all the days
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