Jeremiah · Bible in Basic English
Jeremiah 35 Bible in Basic English
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1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
2 Go into the house of the Rechabites, and have talk with them, and take them into the house of the Lord, into one of the rooms, and give them wine.
2 “Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them into Yahweh’s house, into one of the rooms, and give them wine to drink.”
3 Then I took Jaazaniah, the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons and all the Rechabites;
3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, with his brothers, all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
4 And I took them into the house of the Lord, into the room of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the rulers' room, which was over the room of Maaseiah, the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door;
4 and I brought them into Yahweh’s house, into the room of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the room of the princes, which was above the room of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold.
5 And I put before the sons of the Rechabites basins full of wine and cups, and I said to them, Take some wine.
5 I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, “Drink wine!”
6 But they said, We will take no wine: for Jonadab, the son of Rechab our father, gave us orders, saying, You are to take no wine, you or your sons, for ever:
6 But they said, “We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, ‘You shall drink no wine, neither you nor your children, forever.
7 And you are to make no houses, or put in seed, or get vine-gardens planted, or have any: but all your days you are to go on living in tents, so that you may have a long life in the land where you are living as in a strange country.
7 You shall not build a house, sow seed, plant a vineyard, or have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents, that you may live many days in the land in which you live as nomads.’
8 And we have kept the rules of Jonadab, the son of Rechab our father, in everything which he gave us orders to do, drinking no wine all our days, we and our wives and our sons and our daughters;
8 We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;
9 Building no houses for ourselves, having no vine-gardens or fields or seed:
9 and not to build houses for ourselves to dwell in. We have no vineyard, field, or seed;
10 But we have been living in tents, and have done everything which Jonadab our father gave us orders to do.
10 but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
11 But when Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came up into the land, we said, Come, let us go to Jerusalem, away from the army of the Chaldaeans and from the army of the Aramaeans: and so we are living in Jerusalem.
11 But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, we said, ‘Come! Let’s go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we will dwell at Jerusalem.’”
12 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
12 Then Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,
13 This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Go and say to the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, Is there no hope of teaching you to give ear to my words? says the Lord.
13 “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, “Will you not receive instruction to listen to my words?” says Yahweh.
14 The orders which Jonadab, the son of Rechab, gave to his sons to take no wine, are done, and to this day they take no wine, for they do the orders of their father: but I have sent my words to you, getting up early and sending them, and you have not given ear to me.
14 “The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; and to this day they drink none, for they obey their father’s commandment; but I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking, and you have not listened to me.
15 And I have sent you all my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them, saying, Come back, now, every man from his evil way, and do better, and go not after other gods to become their servants, and you will go on living in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but your ears have not been open, and you have not given attention to me.
15 I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, ‘Every one of you must return now from his evil way, amend your doings, and don’t go after other gods to serve them. Then you will dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers;’ but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.
16 Though the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have done the orders of their father which he gave them, this people has not given ear to me:
16 The sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them, but this people has not listened to me.”’
17 For this reason the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, I will send on Judah and on all the people of Jerusalem all the evil which I said I would do to them: because I sent my words to them, but they did not give ear; crying out to them, but they gave no answer.
17 “Therefore Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not answered.’”
18 But to the Rechabites Jeremiah said, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Because you have done the orders of Jonadab your father, and have kept his rules, and done everything as he gave you orders to do it;
18 Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘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 For this reason the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Jonadab, the son of Rechab, will never be without a man to take his place before me.
19 therefore Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Jonadab the son of Rechab will not lack a man to stand before me forever.’”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Habazziniah
Named as the father of Jeremiah and grandfather of Jaazaniah the Rechabite.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 35:3
Hanan
Son of Igdaliah, a man of God whose sons occupied the temple chamber where Jeremiah tested the Rechabites.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 35:4
Igdaliah
Jaazaniah
Son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, whom the prophet brought with his brothers and sons, the whole house of the Rechabites, into the temple.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 35:3
Jeremiah
Son of Habazziniah and father of Jaazaniah the Rechabite.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 35:3
Maaseiah
Son of Shallum, the doorkeeper whose chamber stood below the one Jeremiah used for the Rechabites.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 35:4
Shallum
Named as the father of Maaseiah, a temple doorkeeper.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 35:4
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Kings 23:35; Jeremiah 1:3; Jeremiah 25:1; Daniel 1:1; Jeremiah 36:29
- 2 1 Chronicles 2:55; 1 Chronicles 9:26; 1 Kings 6:5–6; Ezekiel 40:7–13; 1 Chronicles 9:33
- 4 Deuteronomy 33:1; 2 Kings 12:9; 2 Chronicles 8:14; 2 Kings 25:18; Joshua 14:6
- 5 Ecclesiastes 9:7; Amos 2:12; 2 Corinthians 2:9; Jeremiah 35:2
- 6 2 Kings 10:15; 1 Chronicles 2:55; Luke 1:15; Leviticus 10:9; Judges 13:14
- 7 Jeremiah 35:10; Exodus 20:12; Ephesians 6:2–3; Leviticus 23:42–43; Genesis 25:27
- 8 Colossians 3:20; Proverbs 1:8–9; Proverbs 6:20; Proverbs 4:1–2; Proverbs 4:10
- 9 1 Timothy 6:6; Jeremiah 35:7; Psalm 37:16; 2 Kings 5:26; Numbers 16:14
- 11 Jeremiah 8:14; 2 Kings 24:1–2; Jeremiah 4:5–7; Daniel 1:1–2; Luke 21:20–21
- 13 Jeremiah 32:33; Jeremiah 5:3; Isaiah 28:9–12; Jeremiah 6:8–10; Jeremiah 9:12
- 14 Jeremiah 25:3–4; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 30:9; Jeremiah 11:7; Jeremiah 7:24–26
- 15 Jeremiah 18:11; Jeremiah 25:5–6; Ezekiel 18:30–32; Hosea 14:1–4; Jeremiah 17:20–25
- 16 Jeremiah 35:14; Malachi 1:6; Isaiah 1:3; Matthew 11:28–30; Luke 15:11–13
- 17 Isaiah 66:4; Romans 10:21; Jeremiah 7:13; Isaiah 65:12; Luke 13:34–35
- 18 Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16; Ephesians 6:1–3
- 19 Jeremiah 15:19; Luke 21:36; Jude 24; Jeremiah 33:17–18; Psalm 5:5
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