Jer 35:6-19 | 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 35:6-19

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. 11 “But when ^kNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against the land, we said, ‘Come and let us ^lgo to Jerusalem before the army of the Chaldeans and before the army of the Arameans.’ So we have dwelt in Jerusalem.”

Judah Rebuked

12 Then 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, ^m“Will you not receive instruction by listening to My words?” declares the Lord. 14 “The ⁿwords 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 ^{▼▼ Lit rising early and speaking
,} ^pagain and again; yet you have ^qnot listened to Me. 15 “Also I have sent to you all My ^rservants the prophets, sending them ^{▼▼ Lit rising early and speaking}again and again, saying: ‘ ^tTurn now every man from his evil way and amend your deeds, and ^udo not go after other gods to worship them. Then you will ^vdwell in the land which I have given to you and to your forefathers; but you have not ^winclined your ear or listened to Me. 16 ‘Indeed, the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have ^xobserved the command of their father which he commanded them, but this people has not listened to Me.’”’ 17 “Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, ^yI am bringing on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the disaster that I have pronounced against them; because I ^zspoke to them but they did not listen, and I have called them but they did not answer.’”

18 Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have ^aaobeyed the command of Jonadab your father, kept all his commands and done according to all that he commanded you; 19 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Jonadab the son of Rechab ^abshall not lack a man to ^acstand before Me ^{▼▼ Lit all the days}always.”’”