The Meaning of Jeremiah 35:9 Explained

Jeremiah 35:9

KJV: Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

YLT: nor to build houses for our dwelling; and vineyard, and field, and seed, we have none;

Darby: and not to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed;

ASV: nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Nor to build  houses  for us to dwell in:  neither have we vineyard,  nor field,  nor seed: 

What does Jeremiah 35:9 Mean?

Context Summary

Jeremiah 35:1-19 - A Lesson From The Rechabites
Among the refugees from the neighboring country who sought asylum within the walls of Jerusalem, was a group of Arabs, known as Rechabites. Probably they encamped in one of the open spaces. They clung tenaciously to the regulations promulgated by Jonadab some three hundred years before. See Judges 1:16; 2 Kings 10:15; 1 Chronicles 2:55. They drank no wine, did not cultivate the ground, and lived in tents. We do well not to touch alcohol; not to strike our roots two deeply into this world, where we are pilgrims and strangers; and to cultivate the pilgrim spirit, which looks for and travels toward the city that hath foundations. Israel had not been as true to the divine precepts as the Rechabites to those of their founder. Therefore the Chosen People would be dispossessed and scattered; while the Rechabites have preserved their independence to the present day. Obedience is the only source of permanence. "He that doeth the will of God abideth forever." [source]

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 35

1  By the obedience of the Rechabites,
12  Jeremiah condemns the disobedience of the Jews
18  God blesses the Rechabites for their obedience

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 35:9 mean?

and to nor build ourselves houses to dwell in nor vineyard and field or seed Neither do have we
וּלְבִלְתִּ֛י בְּנ֥וֹת בָּתִּ֖ים לְשִׁבְתֵּ֑נוּ וְכֶ֧רֶם וְשָׂדֶ֛ה וָזֶ֖רַע לֹ֥א יִֽהְיֶה־ לָּֽנוּ

וּלְבִלְתִּ֛י  and  to  nor 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l
Root: בִּלְתִּי  
Sense: not, except adv.
בְּנ֥וֹת  build  ourselves 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: בָּנָה  
Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
בָּתִּ֖ים  houses 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
לְשִׁבְתֵּ֑נוּ  to  dwell  in 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, first person common plural
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
וְכֶ֧רֶם  nor  vineyard 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּרֶם 
Sense: vineyard.
וְשָׂדֶ֛ה  and  field 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׂדֶה 
Sense: field, land.
וָזֶ֖רַע  or  seed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: זֶרַע  
Sense: seed, sowing, offspring.
לֹ֥א  Neither 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יִֽהְיֶה־  do  have 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.

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