1Yo, the word from the Lord hit Jeremiah during the reign of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

2Slide over to the crib of the Rechabites, chat with them, and bring them to the Lord's house for a chill sesh with some wine.

3So I grabbed Jaazaniah, son of Jeremiah, and his fam, the whole Rechabite squad;

4I brought them to the Lord's house, to the room of Hanan's sons, a dude who vibes with God, next to the princes' pad, above Maaseiah's spot, the door guy.

5I set up some wine and cups for the Rechabite crew and said, "Yo, drink this wine."

6But they were like, "Nah, we don't drink wine. Jonadab, our dad, told us not to, like, ever."

7"No houses, no fields, no vineyards, just chill in tents for life, so we can vibe for a long time in this land."

8We’ve been obeying Jonadab's orders, not sipping wine, keeping it real with our wives, sons, and daughters;

9We don’t build houses or have vineyards, fields, or seeds, no cap.

10We just live in tents and follow all that Jonadab told us to do.

11But when Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, rolled up, we were like, "Bet, let's bounce to Jerusalem 'cause of the Chaldeans and Syrians."

12Then the word of the Lord hit Jeremiah again, saying,

13The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said, "Go tell the Judah squad and the Jerusalem peeps, are you not down to listen to my words?"

14The Rechabite fam sticking to Jonadab's no-wine rule is still a thing; they don’t sip, obeying their dad, while I’ve been speaking to you, but you just ghosted me.

15I sent my prophets to you early, saying, "Yo, turn from your bad ways, fix up, and don’t chase after other gods; chill in the land I gave you and your ancestors," but you didn’t listen.

16The Rechabite sons followed their dad's command, but this crowd ain't vibing with me.

17So the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, says, "I’m about to drop all the bad stuff I said on Judah and Jerusalem; I spoke, but you didn’t hear me; I called, but you didn’t respond."

18Jeremiah told the Rechabites, "The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says, 'Since you followed Jonadab’s command and kept his rules, doing everything he said:'

19"So the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says, 'Jonadab, son of Rechab, will always have someone standing before me, periodt.'"

1The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

2Go 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.

3Then 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;

4And 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:

5And 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.

6But 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:

7Neither 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.

8Thus 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;

9Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

10But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

11But 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.

12Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying,

13Thus 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.

14The 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.

15I 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.

16Because 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:

17Therefore 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.

18And 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:

19Therefore 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.