Jeremiah 35:7
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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 35 connects to 10 cross-references. The Rechabites' faithfulness to their ancestor Jonadab's command never to drink wine is contrasted with Judah's unfaithfulness to God's commands. Because the Rechabites obeyed their human ancestor, they are promised their lineage will never end, while Judah faces judgment for …
Other Translations
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.
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.
And you are to make no houses, or put in seed, or get vine-gardens planted, or have any: but all your days you are to go on living in tents, so that you may have a long life in the land where you are living as in a strange country.
Cross References
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of …
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and …
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain …
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God …
That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them …