The Obedience of the Rechabites
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The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
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"Go to the house of the a Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of b the chambers, and give them wine to drink."
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Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, his brothers and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites,
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and I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, c the keeper of the door.
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Then I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, "Drink wine."
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But they said, "We will drink no wine, for d Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, 'You shall drink e no wine, you nor your sons, forever.
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'You shall not build a house, sow seed, plant a vineyard, nor have any of these; but all your days you shall dwell in tents, f that you may live many days in the land where you are sojourners.'
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"Thus we have g obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,
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"nor to build ourselves houses to dwell in; nor do we have vineyard, field, or seed.
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"But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
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"But it came to pass, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, 'Come, let us h 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 the LORD to Jeremiah, saying,
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"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, "Will you not i receive instruction to obey My words?" says the LORD.
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"The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, which he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; for to this day they drink none, and obey their father's commandment. j But although I have spoken to you, k rising early and speaking, you did not obey Me.
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"I have also sent to you all My l servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, m 'Turn now everyone from his evil way, amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them; then you will n dwell in the land which I have given you and your fathers.' But you have not inclined your ear, nor obeyed Me.
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"Surely the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their o father, which he commanded them, but this people has not obeyed Me." '
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"Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Behold, I will bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the doom that I have pronounced against them; p because I have spoken to them but they have not heard, and I have called to them but they have not answered.' "
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And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts and done according to all that he commanded you,
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'therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not lack a man to q stand before Me forever." ' "
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Cross References
2 Samuel 4:2
Now Saul's son had two men who were captains of troops. The name of one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin. (For Beeroth also was part of Benjamin.
2 Kings 10:15
Now when he departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab, coming to meet him; and he greeted him and said to him, "Is your heart right, as my heart is toward your heart?" And Jehonadab answered, "It is." Jehu said, "If it is, give me your hand." So he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot.
1 Chronicles 2:55
And the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Suchathites. These were the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
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Cross References
1 Kings 6:5
Against the wall of the temple he built chambers all around, against the walls of the temple, all around the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary. Thus he made side chambers all around it.
1 Kings 6:8
The doorway for the middle story was on the right side of the temple. They went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.
1 Chronicles 9:26
For in this trusted office were four chief gatekeepers; they were Levites. And they had charge over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
1 Chronicles 9:33
These are the singers, heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites, who lodged in the chambers, and were free from other duties; for they were employed in that work day and night.
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Cross References
2 Kings 12:9
Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the LORD; and the priests who kept the door put there all the money brought into the house of the LORD.
2 Kings 25:18
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.
1 Chronicles 9:18
Until then they had been gatekeepers for the camps of the children of Levi at the King's Gate on the east.
1 Chronicles 9:19
Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, from his father's house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, gatekeepers of the tabernacle. Their fathers had been keepers of the entrance to the camp of the LORD.
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Cross References
2 Kings 10:15
Now when he departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab, coming to meet him; and he greeted him and said to him, "Is your heart right, as my heart is toward your heart?" And Jehonadab answered, "It is." Jehu said, "If it is, give me your hand." So he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot.
2 Kings 10:23
Then Jehu and Jehonadab the son of Rechab went into the temple of Baal, and said to the worshipers of Baal, "Search and see that no servants of the LORD are here with you, but only the worshipers of Baal.
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Cross References
Leviticus 10:9
Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you, n...
Numbers 6:2 - 4
Speak to the children of Israel, and say to the...
Judges 13:7
"And He said to me, 'Behold, you shall conceive...
Judges 13:14
"She may not eat anything that comes from the v...
Proverbs 31:4
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for ki...
Ezekiel 44:21
No priest shall drink wine when he enters the i...
Luke 1:15
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, ...
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Cross References
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
Ephesians 6:2
Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with promise:
Ephesians 6:3
"that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth."
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Cross References
Proverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of your father, An...
Proverbs 1:9
For they will be a graceful ornament on your he...
Proverbs 4:1
Hear, my children, the instruction of a father,...
Proverbs 4:2
For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my...
Proverbs 4:10
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And the y...
Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep your father's command, And do not ...
Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for th...
Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things, for ...
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Cross References
Jeremiah 4:5 - 7
Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: "Blow the trumpet in the land; Cry, 'Gather together,' And say, 'Assemble yourselves, And let us go into the fortified cities.
Jeremiah 8:14
Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, And let us enter the fortified cities, And let us be silent there. For the LORD our God has put us to silence And given us water of gall to drink, Because we have sinned against the LORD.
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Cross References
Isaiah 28:9 - 12
Whom will he teach knowledge? And whom will he make to understand the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just drawn from the breasts?
Jeremiah 6:10
To whom shall I speak and give warning, That they may hear? Indeed their ear is uncircumcised, And they cannot give heed. Behold, the word of the LORD is a reproach to them; They have no delight in it.
Jeremiah 17:23
But they did not obey nor incline their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear nor receive instruction.
Jeremiah 32:33
And they have turned to Me the back, and not the face; though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:15
And the LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 7:13
And now, because you have done all these works," says the LORD, "and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer.
Jeremiah 25:3
From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, this is the twenty-third year in which the word of the LORD has come to me; and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, but you have not listened.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 26:4
And you shall say to them, 'Thus says the LORD: "If you will not listen to Me, to walk in My law which I have set before you.
Jeremiah 26:5
To heed the words of My servants the prophets whom I sent to you, both rising up early and sending them (but you have not heeded).
Jeremiah 29:19
Because they have not heeded My words, says the LORD, which I sent to them by My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; neither would you heed, says the LORD.
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Cross References
Isaiah 1:16
Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put awa...
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppr...
Jeremiah 18:11
"Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and t...
Jeremiah 25:5
They said, 'Repent now everyone of his evil way...
Jeremiah 25:6
'Do not go after other gods to serve them and w...
Ezekiel 18:30 - 32
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, ...
Acts 26:20
But declared first to those in Damascus and in ...
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Cross References
Jeremiah 7:7
Then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
Jeremiah 25:5
They said, 'Repent now everyone of his evil way and his evil doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.
Jeremiah 25:6
'Do not go after other gods to serve them and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands; and I will not harm you.'
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Cross References
Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?
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Cross References
Proverbs 1:24
Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded.
Isaiah 65:12
Therefore I will number you for the sword, And you shall all bow down to the slaughter; Because, when I called, you did not answer; When I spoke, you did not hear, But did evil before My eyes, And chose that in which I do not delight.
Isaiah 66:4
So will I choose their delusions, And bring their fears on them; Because, when I called, no one answered, When I spoke they did not hear; But they did evil before My eyes, And chose that in which I do not delight.
Jeremiah 7:13
And now, because you have done all these works," says the LORD, "and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer.
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Cross References
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
Jeremiah 15:19
Therefore thus says the LORD: "If you return, Then I will bring you back; You shall stand before Me; If you take out the precious from the vile, You shall be as My mouth. Let them return to you, But you must not return to them.
Luke 21:36
"Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man."
Ephesians 6:2
Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with promise:
Ephesians 6:3
"that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth."
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