Jeremiah 35:2-10

2“Go to the house of the 1Rechabites and speak to them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the 2chambers, and give them wine to drink.”

3Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons and the whole house of the Rechabites,

4and I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the 3man of God, which was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, 4the doorkeeper.

5Then I set before the 5men of the house of the Rechabites pitchers full of wine and cups; and I said to them, “6Drink wine!”

6But they said, “We will not drink wine, for 7Jonadab the son of 8Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, ‘You shall 9not drink wine, you or your sons, forever.

7You shall not build a house, and you shall not sow seed and you shall not plant a vineyard or own one; but in 10tents you shall dwell all your days, that you may live 11many days in the land where you 12sojourn.’

8We have 13obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, not to drink wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons or our daughters,

9nor to build ourselves houses to dwell in; and we 14do not have vineyard or field or seed.

10We have only 15dwelt in tents, and have obeyed and have done according to all that 16Jonadab our father commanded us.