The word{H1697} which came unto Jeremiah{H3414} from Jehovah{H3068} in the days{H3117} of Jehoiakim{H3079} the son{H1121} of Josiah,{H2977} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} saying,{H559}

Go{H1980} unto the house{H1004} of the Rechabites,{H7397} and speak{H1696} unto them, and bring{H935} them into the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} into one{H259} of the chambers,{H3957} and give them wine{H3196} to drink.{H8248}

Then I took{H3947} Jaazaniah{H2970} the son{H1121} of Jeremiah,{H3414} the son{H1121} of Habazziniah,{H2262} and his brethren,{H251} and all his sons,{H1121} and the whole house{H1004} of the Rechabites;{H7397}

and I brought{H935} them into the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} into the chamber{H3957} of the sons{H1121} of Hanan{H2605} the son{H1121} of Igdaliah,{H3012} the man{H376} of God,{H430} which was by{H681} the chamber{H3957} of the princes,{H8269} which was above{H4605} the chamber{H3957} of Maaseiah{H4641} the son{H1121} of Shallum,{H7967} the keeper{H8104} of the threshold.{H5592}

And I set{H5414} before{H6440} the sons{H1121} of the house{H1004} of the Rechabites{H7397} bowls{H1375} full{H4392} of wine,{H3196} and cups;{H3563} and I said{H559} unto them, Drink{H8354} ye wine.{H3196}

But they said,{H559} We will drink{H8354} no wine;{H3196} for Jonadab{H3122} the son{H1121} of Rechab,{H7394} our father,{H1} commanded{H6680} us, saying,{H559} Ye shall drink{H8354} no wine,{H3196} neither ye, nor your sons,{H1121} for{H5704} ever:{H5769}

neither shall ye build{H1129} house,{H1004} nor sow{H2232} seed,{H2233} nor plant{H5193} vineyard,{H3754} nor have any; but all your days{H3117} ye shall dwell{H3427} in tents;{H168} that ye may live{H2421} many{H7227} days{H3117} in{H6440} the land{H127} wherein ye sojourn.{H1481}

And we have obeyed{H8085} the voice{H6963} of Jonadab{H3082} the son{H1121} of Rechab,{H7394} our father,{H1} in all that he charged{H6680} us, to drink{H8354} no wine{H3196} all our days,{H3117} we, our wives,{H802} our sons,{H1121} or our daughters;{H1323}

nor to build{H1129} houses{H1004} for us to dwell in;{H3427} neither have we vineyard,{H3754} nor field,{H7704} nor seed:{H2233}

but we have dwelt in{H3427} tents,{H168} and have obeyed,{H8085} and done{H6213} according to all that Jonadab{H3122} our father{H1} commanded{H6680} us.

But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} came up{H5927} into the land,{H776} that we said,{H559} Come,{H935} and let us go{H935} to Jerusalem{H3389} for fear{H6440} of the army{H2428} of the Chaldeans,{H3778} and for fear{H6440} of the army{H2428} of the Syrians;{H758} so we dwell{H3427} at Jerusalem.{H3389}

Then came the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} unto Jeremiah,{H3414} saying,{H559}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel:{H3478} Go,{H1980} and say{H559} to the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} and the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem,{H3389} Will ye not receive{H3947} instruction{H4148} to hearken{H8085} to my words?{H1697} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

The words{H1697} of Jonadab{H3082} the son{H1121} of Rechab,{H7394} that he commanded{H6680} his sons,{H1121} not to drink{H8354} wine,{H3196} are performed;{H6965} and unto this day{H3117} they drink{H8354} none, for they obey{H8085} their father's{H1} commandment:{H4687} but I have spoken{H1696} unto you, rising up early{H7925} and speaking;{H1696} and ye have not hearkened{H8085} unto me.

I have sent{H7971} also unto you all my servants{H5650} the prophets,{H5030} rising up early{H7925} and sending{H7971} them, saying,{H559} Return{H7725} ye now every man{H376} from his evil{H7451} way,{H1870} and amend{H3190} your doings,{H4611} and go{H3212} not after{H310} other{H312} gods{H430} to serve{H5647} them, and ye shall dwell in{H3427} the land{H127} which I have given{H5414} to you and to your fathers:{H1} but ye have not inclined{H5186} your ear,{H241} nor hearkened{H8085} unto me.

Forasmuch as the sons{H1121} of Jonadab{H3082} the son{H1121} of Rechab{H7394} have performed{H6965} the commandment{H4687} of their father{H1} which he commanded{H6680} them, but this people{H5971} hath not hearkened{H8085} unto me;

therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel:{H3478} Behold, I will bring{H935} upon Judah{H3063} and upon all the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem{H3389} all the evil{H7451} that I have pronounced{H1696} against them; because I have spoken{H1696} unto them, but they have not heard;{H8085} and I have called{H7121} unto them, but they have not answered.{H6030}

And Jeremiah{H3414} said{H559} unto the house{H1004} of the Rechabites,{H7397} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel:{H3478} Because ye have obeyed{H8085} the commandment{H4687} of Jonadab{H3082} your father,{H1} and kept{H8104} all his precepts,{H4687} and done{H6213} according unto all that he commanded{H6680} you;

therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel:{H3478} Jonadab{H3122} the son{H1121} of Rechab{H7394} shall not want{H3772} a man{H376} to stand{H5975} before{H6440} me for ever.{H3117}