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.”

3So I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons, and all the household 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 next to 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 nor plant a vineyard, nor 10own one; but you shall live in 11tents all your days, so that you may live 12many days 13in the land where you 14live as strangers.’

8And we have 15obeyed 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 live in; and we 16do not have a vineyard, a field, or seed.

10But we have 17lived only in tents, and have obeyed and have done according to all that our father 18Jonadab commanded us.