Jer 35:6-10 | NASB1995 | STEP | But they said , “ We will not drink wine , for Jonadab the son of Rechab , our father , commanded us, saying , ‘You shall not drink wine , you or your sons , forever .

Jeremiah 35:6-10

6 But they said, “We will not drink wine, for ^aJonadab the son of ^bRechab, our father, commanded us, saying, ‘You shall ^cnot drink wine, you or your sons, forever. 7 ‘You shall not build a house, and you shall not sow seed and you shall not plant a vineyard or own one; but in ^dtents you shall dwell all your days, that you may live ^emany days in the land where you ^fsojourn.’ 8 “We have ^gobeyed 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, 9 nor to build ourselves houses to dwell in; and we ^hdo not have vineyard or field or seed. 10 “We have only ⁱdwelt in tents, and have obeyed and have done according to all that ^jJonadab our father commanded us.