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Jeremiah 35:10

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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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Jeremiah 35:10 in other translations

but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

Jeremiah 35:10 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 35:10 in context

  1. 8We 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;
  2. 9and not to build houses for ourselves to dwell in. We have no vineyard, field, or seed;
  3. 10but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
  4. 11But 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.’ ”
  5. 12Then Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,