Jeremiah 35:10

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9and not to build houses for us to dwell in,—and so, vineyard or field or seed, have we none;

11And so it came to pass when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said,—Let us even enter, Jerusalem, because of the force of the Chaldeans and because of the force of the Syrians: So have we dwelt in Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:42In booths, shall ye dwell seven days;—All the home-born in Israel, shall dwell in booths:

Jeremiah 35:7nor house, shall ye build nor, seed, shall ye sow, nor vineyard, shall ye plant, neither shall ye have them,—but in tents, shall ye dwell, all your days, that ye may live many days on the face of the soil where ye are sojourning.

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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