The Meaning of Jeremiah 35:7 Explained

Jeremiah 35:7

KJV: Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.

YLT: and a house ye do not build, and seed ye do not sow, and a vineyard ye do not plant, nor have ye any; for in tents do ye dwell all your days, that ye may live many days on the face of the ground whither ye are sojourning.

Darby: neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor shall ye have any; but all your days ye shall dwell in tents, that ye may live many days in the land where ye sojourn.

ASV: neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land wherein ye sojourn.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Jeremiah 35:7?

MEANING: What does Jeremiah 35:7 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Jeremiah 35:7 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Jeremiah 35:7?

What is the context of Jeremiah 35:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have [any]: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye [be] strangers.

What does Jeremiah 35:7 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Jonadab had also commanded his family not to build a house, or plant crops or grapevines, or to own a vineyard. They were to live in tents as semi-nomads, rejecting all aspects of settled living. We do not know why Jonadab had imposed these restrictions, but he may have felt that settled living in a Canaanite culture involved some temptations that a nomadic existence guarded against. ^[1]

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 35:7 mean?

and a house not You shall build and seed nor sow and a vineyard plant nor have [any] of [these] but in tents you shall dwell all your days that you may live days many in - the land where you [are] sojourners there

וּבַ֣יִת לֹֽא־ תִבְנ֗וּ וְזֶ֤רַע לֹֽא־ תִזְרָ֙עוּ֙ וְכֶ֣רֶם תִטָּ֔עוּ וְלֹ֥א יִֽהְיֶ֖ה לָכֶ֑ם כִּ֠י בָּאֳהָלִ֤ים תֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ כָּל־ יְמֵיכֶ֔ם לְמַ֨עַן תִּֽחְי֜וּ יָמִ֤ים רַבִּים֙ עַל־ פְּנֵ֣י הָאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֖ם גָּרִ֥ים שָֽׁם

וּבַ֣יִת	and a house
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
תִבְנ֗וּ	You shall build
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural Root: בָּנָה Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
וְזֶ֤רַע	and seed
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: זֶרַע Sense: seed, sowing, offspring.
לֹֽא־	nor
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
תִזְרָ֙עוּ֙	sow
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural Root: זָרַע Sense: to sow, scatter seed.
וְכֶ֣רֶם	and a vineyard
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: כֶּרֶם Sense: vineyard.
תִטָּ֔עוּ	plant
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural Root: נָטַע Sense: to plant, fasten, fix, establish.
וְלֹ֥א	nor
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
יִֽהְיֶ֖ה	have [any]
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לָכֶ֑ם	of [these]
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
בָּאֳהָלִ֤ים	in tents
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural Root: אֹהֶל Sense: tent.
תֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙	you shall dwell
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural Root: יָשַׁב Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
יְמֵיכֶ֔ם	your days
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
לְמַ֨עַן	that
Parse: Conjunction Root: לְמַעַן Sense: purpose, intent prep.
תִּֽחְי֜וּ	you may live
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural Root: חָיָה Sense: to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health.
יָמִ֤ים	days
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
רַבִּים֙	many
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural Root: רַב Sense: much, many, great.
פְּנֵ֣י	-
Parse: Noun, common plural construct Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face.
הָאֲדָמָ֔ה	the land
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אֲדָמָה Sense: ground, land.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	where
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
אַתֶּ֖ם	you [are]
Parse: Pronoun, second person masculine plural Root: אַתְּ Sense: you (second pers.
גָּרִ֥ים	sojourners
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural Root: גּוּר Sense: to sojourn, abide, dwell in, dwell with, remain, inhabit, be a stranger, be continuing, surely.

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