Jeremiah 35:6-14

6But they said, “We will not drink wine, for 1Jonadab the son of 2Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, ‘You shall 3not 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 4tents you shall dwell all your days, that you may live 5many days in the land where you 6sojourn.’ 8We have 7obeyed 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 8do not have vineyard or field or seed. 10We have only 9dwelt in tents, and have obeyed and have done according to all that 10Jonadab our father commanded us. 11But when 11Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against the land, we said, ‘Come and let us 12go to Jerusalem before the army of the Chaldeans and before the army of the Arameans.’ So we have dwelt in Jerusalem.”

12Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 13“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Go and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, “13Will you not receive instruction by listening to My words?” declares the Lord. 14“The 14words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, which he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are observed. So they do not drink wine to this day, for they have obeyed their father’s command. But I have spoken to you 1516again and again; yet you have 17not listened to Me.