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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,[a] and you have kept all his commands, and you have done all that he commanded you,’ 19 therefore[b] 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[c] always.’”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 35:18 Or “father”
  2. Jeremiah 35:19 Literally “to thus”
  3. Jeremiah 35:19 Literally “to the face of me”
  4. Jeremiah 35:19 Literally “all the days”

18 And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts and done according to all that he commanded you, 19 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not lack a man to (A)stand before Me forever.” ’ ”

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