Jeremiah 35:12
in Jeremiah 35Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah, saying,
KJV
Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying,
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This verse in Jeremiah 35
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
We do not drink wine,” they
on Jeremiah 35:6-12
The Rechabites answer with their history: “our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab” forbade them wine, houses, fields, and vineyards. They have kept it whole, living “in tents” as he commanded. Their stay in Jerusalem is a wartime refuge, taken “to escape the armies of the Chaldeans and the Arameans.”
This site's exposition
the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah
The word came after the test had run its course. John Gill places it after the Rechabites had refused the wine and explained their stay in the city. So the answer they gave became the ground of God's charge against Judah.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah,.... After the Rechabites had been tried whether they would break the command of their father, respecting drinking of wine; and steadfastly persisted in their resolution not to drink, urging the reason of it, and vindicating their conduct in another respect: saying; as follows:
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And it came to pass when Nebuchadrezzar..came up Perforce we came to the city. Therefore, we are now dwelling in houses.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְהִי֙ | vayhi | and it came | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| דְּבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶֽל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ | yirmeyahu | Jeremiah | H3414 → | 147 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַֽיְהִי֙and it came
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
דְּבַר־[the] word of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶֽל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יִרְמְיָ֖הוּJeremiah
yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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About Jeremiah
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).