when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,
[19] The princes of Judah, and
the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed
between the parts of the calf;
[20] I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand
of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to
the beasts of the earth.
[21] And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their
enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army,
which are gone up from you.
[22] Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to
this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah
a desolation without an inhabitant.
Jer.35
[1] The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king
of Judah, saying,
[2] Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the
house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
[3] Then I took Jaazaniah
the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house
of the Rechabites;
[4] 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, which was above
the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
[5] And I set before the sons of
the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
[6] But
they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye
shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
[7] 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.
[8] Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab
our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our
daughters;
[9] Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
[10] But
we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded
us.
[11] But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar 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.
[12] Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
[13]
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.
[14] The words of
Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto
this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you,
rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
[15] I have sent also unto you all my servants
the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and
amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I
have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
[16]
Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father,
which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
[17] Therefore thus saith the
LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of
Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they
have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.
[18] And Jeremiah said unto
the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed
the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he
hath commanded you:
[19] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of
Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
Jer.36
[1] And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word
came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
[2] Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words
that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day
I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
[3] It may be that the house of Judah will