KJV King James Version
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 we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done exactly as our forefather Jonadab commanded us.
but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
and we dwell in tents, and we hearken, and we do according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us;
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.
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