Jeremiah 35:7

Nevertheless hear ye the word of the Lord which I speak in your ears, and in the ears of all the people.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6and Jeremiah said, May the Lord indeed do thus; may he confirm thy word which thou dost prophesy, to return the vessels of the house of the Lord, and all the captivity, out of Babylon to this place.

8The prophets that were before me and before you of old, also prophesied over much country, and against great kingdoms, concerning war.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:27And the lads grew, and Esau was a man skilled in hunting, dwelling in the country, and Jacob a simple man, dwelling in a house.

Leviticus 23:42Seven days ye shall dwell in tabernacles: every native in Israel shall dwell in tents,

Jeremiah 35:10Then Hananiah took the yokes from the neck of Jeremiah in the sight of all the people, and broke them to pieces.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 35:2-12

The Case of the Rechabites. ( b. c. 607.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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