9. built houses to live in, or owned vineyards, pastures, or grainfields.
10. We live in tents, and we have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab ordered us to do.
11. But when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded this land, we said, ‘Let’s go to Jerusalem ⌊to escape⌋ the Babylonian and Aramean armies.’ That’s why we are living in Jerusalem.”
12. Then the Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah. He said,
13. “This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Tell the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem, ‘Won’t you ever learn your lesson and obey my words? declares the Lord.