World English Bible
Jeremiah 35:10
“but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 35
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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;
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nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
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but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
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But it happened, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we dwell at Jerusalem.
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Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying,
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