Jeremiah 35:7
King James VersionSource notes
“Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye strangers.”
Context
4And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which by the chamber of the princes, which above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
5And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
6But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, ye, nor your sons for ever:
7Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye strangers.
8Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
9Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
10But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.