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Jeremiah 35:1 (show verse)
The Lord spoke to Jeremiah when Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah.
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Jeremiah 35:2 (show verse)
"Go to the Rechabite community. Invite them to come into one of the side rooms of the Lord's temple and offer them some wine to drink."
Jeremiah 35:3 (show verse)
So I went and got Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah the grandson of Habazziniah, his brothers, all his sons, and all the rest of the Rechabite community.
Jeremiah 35:4 (show verse)
I took them to the Lord's temple. I took them into the room where the disciples of the prophet Hanan son of Igdaliah stayed. That room was next to the one where the temple officers stayed and above the room where Maaseiah son of Shallum, one of the doorkeepers of the temple, stayed.
Jeremiah 35:5 (show verse)
Then I set cups and pitchers full of wine in front of the members of the Rechabite community and said to them, "Have some wine."
Jeremiah 35:6 (show verse)
But they answered, "We do not drink wine because our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us not to. He told us, 'You and your children must never drink wine.
Abstinence » Total abstinence » Strong Drink » The law of the rechabites
Total abstinence » From intoxicating beverages
Total abstinence » Instances of » Rechabites
Hanan » A levite » 7. An officer in the temple
Jehonadab » Or jehonadab, son of rechab
Jonadab » Or jehonadab, son of rechab
Jonadab » Also called jehonadab » His sons refuse to drink wine in obedience to his command
Rechab » Father of jehonadab
Rechabites » Family » Kenites
Rechabites » Prohibited by jonadab from forming settlements or drinking wine
Rechabites » Encouraged by jonadab to drink no wine
Self-denial » Exemplified » Rechabites
Self-denial » Instances of » The rechabites, in refusing to drink wine or strong drink, or even to plant vineyards
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » The law of the rechabites
Temperance » Total abstinence » The law of the rechabites
Temptation » Resisted, example of » The rechabites and daniel, by refusing wine
Wine » The rechabites never drank
Total abstinence » From intoxicating beverages
Total abstinence » Instances of » Rechabites
Hanan » A levite » 7. An officer in the temple
Jehonadab » Or jehonadab, son of rechab
Jonadab » Or jehonadab, son of rechab
Jonadab » Also called jehonadab » His sons refuse to drink wine in obedience to his command
Rechab » Father of jehonadab
Rechabites » Family » Kenites
Rechabites » Prohibited by jonadab from forming settlements or drinking wine
Rechabites » Encouraged by jonadab to drink no wine
Self-denial » Exemplified » Rechabites
Self-denial » Instances of » The rechabites, in refusing to drink wine or strong drink, or even to plant vineyards
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » The law of the rechabites
Temperance » Total abstinence » The law of the rechabites
Temptation » Resisted, example of » The rechabites and daniel, by refusing wine
Wine » The rechabites never drank
Jeremiah 35:7 (show verse)
Do not build houses. Do not plant crops. Do not plant a vineyard or own one. Live in tents all your lives. If you do these things you will live a long time in the land that you wander about on.'
Total abstinence » From intoxicating beverages
Total abstinence » Instances of » Rechabites
Hanan » A levite » 7. An officer in the temple
Jonadab » Also called jehonadab » His sons refuse to drink wine in obedience to his command
Rechabites » Prohibited by jonadab from forming settlements or drinking wine
Self-denial » Exemplified » Rechabites
Self-denial » Instances of » The rechabites, in refusing to drink wine or strong drink, or even to plant vineyards
Tents » Were used by » The rechabites
Vineyards » The rechabites forbidden to plant
Total abstinence » Instances of » Rechabites
Hanan » A levite » 7. An officer in the temple
Jonadab » Also called jehonadab » His sons refuse to drink wine in obedience to his command
Rechabites » Prohibited by jonadab from forming settlements or drinking wine
Self-denial » Exemplified » Rechabites
Self-denial » Instances of » The rechabites, in refusing to drink wine or strong drink, or even to plant vineyards
Tents » Were used by » The rechabites
Vineyards » The rechabites forbidden to plant
Jeremiah 35:8 (show verse)
We and our wives and our sons and daughters have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us. We have never drunk wine.
Total abstinence » From intoxicating beverages
Total abstinence » Instances of » Rechabites
Filial honour » Examples of » Sons of jonadab
Hanan » A levite » 7. An officer in the temple
Honour » Examples of » Sons of jonadab
Jonadab » Also called jehonadab » His sons refuse to drink wine in obedience to his command
Mothers » Examples of filial honour » Sons of jonadab
Rechab » Father of jehonadab
Rechabites » Prohibited by jonadab from forming settlements or drinking wine
Vineyards » The rechabites forbidden to plant
Total abstinence » Instances of » Rechabites
Filial honour » Examples of » Sons of jonadab
Hanan » A levite » 7. An officer in the temple
Honour » Examples of » Sons of jonadab
Jonadab » Also called jehonadab » His sons refuse to drink wine in obedience to his command
Mothers » Examples of filial honour » Sons of jonadab
Rechab » Father of jehonadab
Rechabites » Prohibited by jonadab from forming settlements or drinking wine
Vineyards » The rechabites forbidden to plant
Jeremiah 35:9 (show verse)
We have not built any houses to live in. We do not own any vineyards, fields, or crops.
Jeremiah 35:10 (show verse)
We have lived in tents. We have obeyed our ancestor Jonadab and done exactly as he commanded us.
Jeremiah 35:11 (show verse)
But when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded the land we said, 'Let's get up and go to Jerusalem to get away from the Babylonian and Aramean armies.' That is why we are staying here in Jerusalem."
Jeremiah 35:12 (show verse)
Then the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 35:13 (show verse)
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!
Jeremiah 35:14 (show verse)
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!
Jeremiah 35:15 (show verse)
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.
The call of God » By his ministers
divine Call » To repentance
Disobedience to God » Heinousness of, illustrated
ears » Of the wicked » Not inclined to hear God
God » Call of » To repentance and a righteous life
God's Call » divine Call » To repentance and a righteous life
Integrity » Instances of » The rechabites, in keeping the nazarite vows
Jews, the » Had a series of prophets to promote national reformation
Prophets » The servants of God
Rechabites » Obedience of, a sign to israel
divine Call » To repentance
Disobedience to God » Heinousness of, illustrated
ears » Of the wicked » Not inclined to hear God
God » Call of » To repentance and a righteous life
God's Call » divine Call » To repentance and a righteous life
Integrity » Instances of » The rechabites, in keeping the nazarite vows
Jews, the » Had a series of prophets to promote national reformation
Prophets » The servants of God
Rechabites » Obedience of, a sign to israel
Jeremiah 35:16 (show verse)
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!
Jeremiah 35:17 (show verse)
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."'"
The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Temporal judgments
Calling » The reward for not answering the calls of the lord
Disobedience to God » Heinousness of, illustrated
Integrity » Instances of » The rechabites, in keeping the nazarite vows
Jonadab » Also called jehonadab » His sons refuse to drink wine in obedience to his command
Rechabites » Obedience of, a sign to israel
Calling » The reward for not answering the calls of the lord
Disobedience to God » Heinousness of, illustrated
Integrity » Instances of » The rechabites, in keeping the nazarite vows
Jonadab » Also called jehonadab » His sons refuse to drink wine in obedience to his command
Rechabites » Obedience of, a sign to israel
Jeremiah 35:18 (show verse)
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.'
Jeremiah 35:19 (show verse)
So the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'Jonadab son of Rechab will never lack a male descendant to serve me.'"