Jeremiah 35:1-2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 35
The Faithful Rechabites. 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim,[a] son of Josiah, king of Judah: 2 Go to the house[b] of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to the house of the Lord, to one of the rooms there, and give them wine to drink.
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- 35:1 In the days of Jehoiakim: probably in 599 or 598 B.C. (cf. 2 Kgs 24:1–2).
- 35:2 House: both members of the family of Rechab (cf. v. 3) and the place where they live; cf. note on v. 11. The Rechabites: traditionalists who rejected the settled agricultural and urban cultures to which other Israelites had assimilated, maintaining their loyalty to the Lord by perpetuating the semi-nomadic life of their distant ancestors (cf. 2 Kgs 10:15–17). Jeremiah contrasts their adherence to their vows with the Judahites’ disregard for divine commands.
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