Jeremiah 35:10-12

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¹⁰ We have lived in tents and have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us. ¹¹ But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ·attacked Judah [^Lcame up to the land], we said to each other, ‘Come, we must enter Jerusalem ·so we can escape [^Lfrom before] the ·Babylonian [^LChaldean] army and the Aramean army.’ So we have stayed [lived] in Jerusalem [^Cthough they may not be living in houses, in conformity to their ancestor’s command].”

¹² Then the Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah: