The word
which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord in the
days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah, saying,
02 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak
unto them, and bring them into the house of the
Lord, into one of the chambers, and give them
wine to drink.
03 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the
son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his
sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
04 And I brought them into the house of the Lord,
into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of
Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber
of the princes, which was above the chamber of
Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the
door:
05 And I set before the sons of the house of the
Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I
said unto them, Drink ye wine.
06 But they said, We will drink no wine: for
Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded
us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye,
nor your sons for ever:
07 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed,
nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your
days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live
many days in the land where ye be strangers.
08 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the
son of Rechab our father in all that he hath
charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we,
our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
09 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in:
neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed,
and done according to all that Jonadab our father
commanded us.
11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king
of Babylon came up into the land, that we said,
Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the
army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army
of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.
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12 Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah,
saying,
13 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of
Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive
instruction to hearken to my words? saith the
Lord.
14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that
he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are
performed; for unto this day they drink none, but
obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding
I have spoken unto you, rising early and
speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the
prophets, rising up early and sending them,
saying, Return ye now every man from his evil
way, and amend your doings, and go not after
other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in
the land which I have given to you and to your
fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor
hearkened unto me.
16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab
have performed the commandment of their father,
which he commanded them; but this people hath not
hearkened unto me:
17 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts,
the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon
Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem
all the evil that I have pronounced against them:
because I have spoken unto them, but they have
not heard; and I have called unto them, but they
have not answered.
18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the
Rechabites, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment
of Jonadab your father, and kept all his
precepts, and done according unto all that he
hath commanded you:
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the
God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall
not want a man to stand before me for ever.
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