The Meaning of Jeremiah 35:10 Explained

Jeremiah 35:10

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

YLT: and we dwell in tents, and we hearken, and we do according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us;

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

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Jeremiah 35:10?

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WORDS: What do the individual words in Jeremiah 35:10 mean?

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What is the context of Jeremiah 35:10?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Jeremiah 35:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Jeremiah 35:1-19 - A Lesson From The Rechabites

Among the refugees from the neighboring country who sought asylum within the walls of Jerusalem, was a group of Arabs, known as Rechabites. Probably they encamped in one of the open spaces. They clung tenaciously to the regulations promulgated by Jonadab some three hundred years before. See Judges 1:16; 2 Kings 10:15; 1 Chronicles 2:55. They drank no wine, did not cultivate the ground, and lived in tents. We do well not to touch alcohol; not to strike our roots two deeply into this world, where we are pilgrims and strangers; and to cultivate the pilgrim spirit, which looks for and travels toward the city that hath foundations. Israel had not been as true to the divine precepts as the Rechabites to those of their founder. Therefore the Chosen People would be dispossessed and scattered; while the Rechabites have preserved their independence to the present day. Obedience is the only source of permanence. "He that doeth the will of God abideth forever." [source]

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 35

¹ By the obedience of the Rechabites,
¹² Jeremiah condemns the disobedience of the Jews
¹⁸ God blesses the Rechabites for their obedience

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 35:10 mean?

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

וַנֵּ֖שֶׁב בָּֽאֳהָלִ֑ים וַנִּשְׁמַ֣ע וַנַּ֔עַשׂ כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־ צִוָּ֖נוּ יוֹנָדָ֥ב אָבִֽינוּ

וַנֵּ֖שֶׁב	But we have dwelt
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common plural Root: יָשַׁב Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
בָּֽאֳהָלִ֑ים	in tents
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural Root: אֹהֶל Sense: tent.
וַנִּשְׁמַ֣ע	and have obeyed
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common plural Root: שָׁמַע Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
וַנַּ֔עַשׂ	and done
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common plural Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
כְּכֹ֥ל	according to all
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
אֲשֶׁר־	that
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
צִוָּ֖נוּ	commanded us
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular, first person common plural Root: צָוָה Sense: to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order.
יוֹנָדָ֥ב	Jonadab
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄונָדָב Sense: a son of Rechab, chief of the Rechabites, in the time of Jehu and Ahab.
אָבִֽינוּ	our father
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common plural Root: אָב Sense: father of an individual.

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