Jeremiah 35:18

Bible Text

Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all that he commanded you;

Jerusalem was Judah’s capital, where Jeremiah publicly contrasted the Rechabites’ obedience with Judah’s disobedience. Babylon, the imperial power centered in Chaldea (southern Mesopotamia), would soon execute God’s announced judgment on Jerusalem, while the

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Jeremiah 35:18 mentions Babylon, Chaldea and Jerusalem.

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