Jer 35:7 | JFB | STEP | 7. tents-- ( ). live many days-- according to the promise connected with the fifth commandment ( ; , ). strangers-- They were not of the stock of Jacob, but sojourners in Israel. Types of the children of God, pilgrims on earth, looking for heaven as their home: having little to lose, so that losing times cost them little alarm; sitting loose to what they have ( ; , ).

‏ Jeremiah 35:7

7. tents--(Jud 4:17).

live many days--according to the promise connected with the fifth commandment (Ex 20:12; Ep 6:2, 3).

strangers--They were not of the stock of Jacob, but sojourners in Israel. Types of the children of God, pilgrims on earth, looking for heaven as their home: having little to lose, so that losing times cost them little alarm; sitting loose to what they have (He 10:34; 11:9, 10, 13-16).