Jeremiah 35:7
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Neither shall ye build houses, nor sow reed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any: but you shall dwell in tents all your days, that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are strangers.

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Context
The Obedience of the Rechabites
6And they answered : We will not drink wine: because Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying: You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your children, for ever: 7Neither shall ye build houses, nor sow reed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any: but you shall dwell in tents all your days, that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are strangers.8Therefore we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all things that he commanded us: so as to drink no wine all our days: neither we, nor our wives, nor our sons, nor our daughters:…
Cross References
Ephesians 6:2
Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise:

Ephesians 6:3
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest be long lived upon earth.

Hebrews 11:9
By faith he abode in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in cottages, with Isaac and Jacob, the co-heirs of the same promise.

Genesis 25:27
And when they were grown up, Esau became a skilful hunter, and a husbandman: but Jacob, a plain man, dwelt in tents.

Genesis 36:7
For they were exceeding rich, and could not dwell together: neither was the land in which they sojourned able to bear them, for the multitude of their flocks.

Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayst be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Jeremiah 35:9
Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have vineyard, or field, or seed:

Jeremiah 35:10
But we have dwelt in tents, and have been obedient according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

Lexicon
Nor are you ever
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

to build
תִבְנ֗וּ (ṯiḇ·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

a house
וּבַ֣יִת (ū·ḇa·yiṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

or sow
תִזְרָ֙עוּ֙ (ṯiz·rā·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify

seed
וְזֶ֤רַע (wə·ze·ra‘)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

or plant
תִטָּ֔עוּ (ṯiṭ·ṭā·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5193: To strike in, fix, to plant

a vineyard.
וְכֶ֣רֶם (wə·ḵe·rem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3754: A garden, vineyard

Those things are
יִֽהְיֶ֖ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

not for you.
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

Instead,
כִּ֠י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

you must live
תֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ (tê·šə·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in tents
בָּאֳהָלִ֤ים (bā·’o·hā·lîm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 168: A tent

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

your lives,
יְמֵיכֶ֔ם (yə·mê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

so that
לְמַ֨עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 4616: Purpose -- intent

you may live
תִּֽחְי֜וּ (tiḥ·yū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2421: To live, to revive

a long
רַבִּים֙ (rab·bîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7227: Much, many, great

time
יָמִ֤ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

in
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the land
הָאֲדָמָ֔ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 127: Ground, land

where
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you
אַתֶּ֖ם (’at·tem)
Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

sojourn.’
גָּרִ֥ים (gā·rîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1481: To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility


Additional Translations
Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you sojourn.’Neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land where you be strangers.

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.

nor shall ye at all build houses, nor sow any seed, nor shall ye have a vineyard: for ye shall dwell in tents all your days; that ye may live many days upon the land, in which ye sojourn.

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.

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.

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 are strangers.

neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you live.

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.
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