Jeremiah 35:17 meaning and explanation
Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”
Jeremiah 35:17, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah has just set cups of wine before the Rechabites, who refuse them out of obedience to their ancestor Jonadab. The LORD speaks through Jeremiah to Judah and Jerusalem, and the contrast is the point: a human forefather's command was kept for generations, while God's own repeated words were ignored.
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