World English Bible
"but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us."
— Jeremiah 35:10, World English Bible
“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. ”
“We have lived in tents. We have obeyed our ancestor Jonadab and done exactly as he commanded us.”
“But we have dwelt in tents, and have been obedient according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.”
“But we have been living in tents, and have done everything which Jonadab our father gave us orders to do.”
“But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.”
neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you live.
We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;
nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
But it happened, when Nebuchadnezzar 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.
Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying,
Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Go, and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction to listen to my words? says Yahweh.