Jeremiah 35:7

Translations

Modern

Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’

Traditional

Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.

Literal

And you shall not build a house, and you shall not sow seed, and you shall not plant a vineyard and not will one be unto you. But in tents you shall dwell all your days, that you may live many days in the land where you are sojourning there.

Latin

…et domum non ædificabitis, et sementem non seretis, et vineas non plantabitis, nec habebitis: sed in tabernaculis habitabitis cunctis diebus vestris, ut vivatis diebus multis super faciem terræ in qua vos peregrinamini.

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Hebrew

English

Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’

Notes

Jeremiah 35:6–10

Jehonadab had required his descendants to live a nomadic life without the comforts of settled living, and the Recabites had obeyed.

Jeremiah 35:1–19

The Recabites obeyed their ancestor, while the Israelites rebelled against the Lord, their God.

Jeremiah 34:8–35:19

Here are examples of the faithless (those who break the covenant) (Jeremiah 34:8–22) and the faithful (those who keep the covenant) (35:1–19).

Jeremiah 35:1–36:32

These two chapters reflect on events from twenty years ago when Jehoiakim was king.

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 35:10
But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done exactly as our forefather Jonadab commanded us.
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Genesis 25:27
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
Leviticus 23:42–43
You are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,
Nehemiah 8:14–16
And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month,
Ephesians 6:2–3
“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),
1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
Ephesians 5:18
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
Hebrews 11:9–13
By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Jaazaniah Jehu Kenites Rechab Rechabite Vow, Vows

Topics

Hanan: A Levite: 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 Self-Denial: Rechabites Self-Denial: The Rechabites, in Refusing to Drink Wine or Strong Drink, or Even to Plant Vineyards Temptation: General Scriptures Concerning Tents were Used by The Rechabites Total Abstinence: from Intoxicating Beverages Total Abstinence: Rechabites Vineyards: The Rechabites Forbidden to Plant Wine: Admonitions Against the Use of

Jeremiah 35:7

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