Oct. 19, 2025

Jer 35:5  I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, “Drink wine!” 

Jer 35:6  But they said, “We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, ‘You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons, forever. 

Jer 35:7  You shall not build a house, sow seed, plant a vineyard, or have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents, that you may live many days in the land in which you live as nomads.’ 

Jer 35:8  We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters; 

Jer 35:9  and not to build houses for ourselves to dwell in. We have no vineyard, field, or seed; 

Jer 35:10  but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. 

Jer 35:11  But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, we said, ‘Come! Let’s go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we will dwell at Jerusalem.’”