Jeremiah 35:7

Modern English Version

You shall not build a house, sow seed, plant a vineyard, nor own one, but all your days you shall dwell in tents, so that you may live many days in the land where you sojourn.’

Cross References

Jeremiah 35:10

But we have lived in tents only and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

Exodus 20:12

Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Genesis 25:27

So the boys grew. Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a calm man, living in tents.

1 Peter 2:11

Dearly beloved, I implore you as aliens and refugees, abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul.

Ephesians 5:18

Do not be drunk with wine, for that is reckless living. But be filled with the Spirit.

Genesis 36:7

For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were foreigners could not sustain them because of their livestock.

Jeremiah 35:9

nor to build houses for us to dwell in; and we do not have vineyard, or field, or seed.