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Jeremiah 35

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 35 of 52

1 The Word which was to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

2 Go to the house of the Rechabites and speak to them, and bring them to the house of Jehovah, into one of the rooms, and give them wine to drink.

3 Then I took Jaazaniah, the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brothers, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites.

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Chapter Summary

By the obedience of the Rechabites, Jeremiah condemns the disobedience of the Jews. Jehovah blesses the Rechabites for their obedience.

Key Hebrew Words

נְאֻם utterance H5002 · TWOT 1272a
אֲחֵרִים֙ another H312 · TWOT 68a
יְהוּדָ֖ה Judah H3063 · TWOT 850c
מַֽעַלְלֵי deed H4611 · TWOT 1627e
הִטִּיתֶם֙ stretch out H5186 · TWOT 1352

People & Context

The Testing of the Rechabites

Jeremiah brings the Rechabites to the temple and offers them wine. They refuse in strict obedience to their ancestor Jonadab. God uses them as a contr…

Timeline

The Testing of the Rechabites

Jeremiah brings the Rechabites to the temple and offers them wine. They refuse in strict obedience to their ancestor Jonadab. God uses them as a contrast to Judah's stubborn disobedience to Him.

Jeremiah 35:1-19

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