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Text -- Jeremiah 35:12-19 (NET)
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35:12 Then the Lord spoke to Jeremiah .
35:13 The Lord God of Israel who rules over all told him, “Go and speak to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem . Tell them, ‘I, the Lord , say: “You must learn a lesson from this about obeying what I say !
35:14 Jonadab son of Rechab ordered his descendants not to drink wine . His orders have been carried out . To this day his descendants have drunk no wine because they have obeyed what their ancestor commanded them. But I have spoken to you over and over again , but you have not obeyed me!
35:15 I sent all my servants the prophets to warn you over and over again . They said , “Every one of you, stop doing the evil things you have been doing and do what is right . Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship them. Then you can continue to live in this land that I gave to you and your ancestors .” But you did not pay any attention or listen to me.
35:16 Yes , the descendants of Jonadab son of Rechab have carried out the orders that their ancestor gave them. But you people have not obeyed me!
35:17 So I, the Lord , the God who rules over all , the God of Israel , say : “I will soon bring on Judah and all the citizens of Jerusalem all the disaster that I threatened to bring on them. I will do this because I spoke to them but they did not listen . I called out to them but they did not answer .”’”
35:18 Then Jeremiah spoke to the Rechabite community , “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says , ‘You have obeyed the orders of your ancestor Jonadab . You have followed all his instructions . You have done exactly as he commanded you.’
35:19 So the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says , ‘Jonadab son of Rechab will never lack a male descendant to serve me.’”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Rechab |
JEHONADAB |
Wine |
RECHAB; RECHABITES |
Rechabites |
Jonadab |
Nazirite |
JEHU |
HABAZINIAH |
Temptation |
GENTILES |
Integrity |
Impenitence |
Abstinence, Total |
AB (1) |
Call |
Repentance |
RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY |
DRUNKENNESS |
PRECEPT |
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NET Notes: Jer 35:13 Heb “Will you not learn a lesson…?” The rhetorical question here has the force of an imperative, made explicit in the translation.
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NET Notes: Jer 35:14 On this idiom (which occurs again in the following verse) see the translator’s note on 7:13 for this idiom and compare its use in 7:13, 25; 11:7...
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NET Notes: Jer 35:15 Heb “Don’t go after/follow other gods.” See the translator’s note on 2:5 for an explanation of the idiom and see 11:10; 13:10;...
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NET Notes: Jer 35:16 Heb “this people.” However, the speech is addressed to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem, so the second person is retained...
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NET Notes: Jer 35:17 Heb “Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel.” For the title see 7:13 and the study note on 2:19. The first pe...
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NET Notes: Jer 35:18 Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.” For this title, which occurs again in the following verse, see the notes on 7:3 and the study n...
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