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and not to build houses for ourselves to dwell in. We have no vineyard, field, or seed;

Jeremiah 35:9 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીયર્મિયા ૩૫:૯
અને રહેવા ઘરો બાંધશો નહિ કે તમારી પાસે દ્રાક્ષવાડી, ખેતરો કે, બી કંઈ ન હોય.
हिन्दीयिर्मयाह ३५:९
और न हम घर बनाकर उनमें रहते हैं। हम न दाख की बारी, न खेत, और न बीज रखते हैं;

In context

7You shall not build a house, sow seed, plant a vineyard, or have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents, that you may live many days in the land in which you live as nomads.’

8We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;

9and not to build houses for ourselves to dwell in. We have no vineyard, field, or seed;

10but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

11But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, we said, ‘Come! Let’s go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we will dwell at Jerusalem.’”

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