1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, saying:

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2 Kings 23:35, Jeremiah 25:1, Jeremiah 1:3, 2 Kings 23:35, Jeremiah 25:1

2Go to the house of the Rechabites: and speak to them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers of the treasures, and thou shalt give them wine to drink.

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1 Chronicles 2:55, 1 Chronicles 2:55, 1 Chronicles 9:26, 1 Chronicles 9:26, 1 Kings 6:5

3And I took Jezonias the son of Jeremiah the son of Habsanias, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites.

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4And I brought them into the house of the Lord, to the treasure house of the sons of Hanan, the son of Jegedelias the man of God, which was by the treasure house of the princes, above the treasure of Maasias the son of Sellum, who was keeper of the entry.

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Deuteronomy 33:1, Deuteronomy 33:1, 2 Kings 12:9, 2 Chronicles 8:14, 2 Kings 12:9

5And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups: and I said to them: Drink ye wine.

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Amos 2:12, Ecclesiastes 9:7, Amos 2:12, Ecclesiastes 9:7, 2 Corinthians 2:9

6And they answered : We will not drink wine: because Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying: You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your children, for ever:

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2 Kings 10:15, Luke 1:15, 1 Chronicles 2:55, 2 Kings 10:15, Luke 1:15

7Neither shall ye build houses, nor sow reed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any: but you shall dwell in tents all your days, that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are strangers.

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Jeremiah 35:10, Jeremiah 35:10, Exodus 20:12, Genesis 25:27, Ephesians 6:2

8Therefore we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all things that he commanded us: so as to drink no wine all our days: neither we, nor our wives, nor our sons, nor our daughters:

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Colossians 3:20, Colossians 3:20, Proverbs 4:10, Proverbs 4:1, Proverbs 4:2

9Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have vineyard, or field, or seed:

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1 Timothy 6:6, 1 Timothy 6:6, Psalms 37:16, Jeremiah 35:7, Psalms 37:16

10But we have dwelt in tents, and have been obedient according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

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11But when Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came up to our land, we said: Come, let us go into Jerusalem from the face of the army of the Chaldeans, and from the face of the army of Syria: and we have remained in Jerusalem.

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Jeremiah 8:14, Jeremiah 8:14, Jeremiah 4:5, Jeremiah 4:7, Daniel 1:1

12And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying:

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13Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Go, and say to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Will you not receive instruction, to obey my words, saith the Lord?

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Jeremiah 32:33, Jeremiah 5:3, Jeremiah 32:33, Jeremiah 5:3, Jeremiah 6:8

14The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, by which he commanded his sons not to drink wine, have prevailed: and they have drunk none to this day, because they have obeyed the commandment of their father: but I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, and you have not obeyed me.

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Jeremiah 25:3, Jeremiah 25:4, Jeremiah 25:3, Jeremiah 25:4, Jeremiah 7:24

15And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early, and sending and saying: Return ye every man from his wicked way, and make your ways good: and follow not strange gods, nor worship them, and you shall dwell in the land, which I gave you and your fathers: and you have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened to me.

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Jeremiah 18:11, Jeremiah 18:11, Jeremiah 25:5, Jeremiah 25:6, Ezekiel 18:30

16So the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have constantly kept the commandment of their father, which he commanded them: but this people hath not obeyed me.

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Malachi 1:6, Jeremiah 35:14, Malachi 1:6, Jeremiah 35:14, Luke 15:28

17Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Behold I will bring upon Juda, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them, and they have not heard: I have called to them, and they have not answered me.

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Isaiah 66:4, Isaiah 66:4, Romans 10:21, Romans 10:21, Isaiah 65:12

18And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and have kept all his precepts, and have done all that he commanded you:

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Exodus 20:12, Deuteronomy 5:16, Exodus 20:12, Deuteronomy 5:16, Ephesians 6:1

19Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: There shall not be wanting a man of the race of Jonadab the son of Rechab, standing before me for ever.

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Jeremiah 15:19, Jeremiah 15:19, Luke 21:36, Luke 21:36, Jude 1:24