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Jeremiah 35:3 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 3. 3Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
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Role in This Section
The narrated sign act and its explanation carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his…” at Jeremiah 35:3 as part of “The Rechabites Refuse Jeremiah's Wine Test.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 35:1–11
Read Jeremiah 35:3 with 35:1–11. By itself, “Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: In Jehoiakim's reign Jeremiah brings the Rechabite household into a temple chamber and offers wine, which they refuse because of Jonadab's ancestral command and wartime migration.
Why It Needs Context
Jeremiah 35:1–11 gives Jeremiah 35:3 its literary owner and outcome. The narrated sign act and its explanation carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his…” at Jeremiah 35:3 as part of “The Rechabites Refuse Jeremiah's Wine Test.” Application waits until that movement is understood.
Continue in Context
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Read Jeremiah 35:1–11 — The Rechabites Refuse Jeremiah's Wine TestSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 35:1–11, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 35:1–11
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