Thomson(i)
1 The word which came to Jeremias from the Lord in the days of Joakim king of Juda, saying,
2 Go to the family of Archabin and thou shalt bring them to the house of the Lord, into one of the courts, and give them wine to drink.
3 Accordingly I brought Jechonias son of Jeremin son of Chabasin with his brethren and his sons, even all the family of Archabin,
4 and took them into the house of the Lord, to the chamber of the sons of Jonan son of Ananias son of Godolias, a man of God, which is near the house of the chiefs who are above the house of Maasias son of Selom, the keeper of the court.
5 And having set before them a pot of wine and drinking cups, I said, drink wine. Thereupon they said, We must not drink wine. For Jonadab son of Rechab our father gave us a charge, saying, You shall not drink wine;
6 neither you nor your sons forever;
7 neither shall you build houses, nor sow seed, nor have a vineyard; for you shall dwell in tents all your days, that you may live many days in the land where you sojourn.
8 Accordingly we have hearkened to the voice of Jonadab our father so as not to drink wine all our days, neither we nor our wives, nor our sons nor our daughters;
9 and we have not built houses here to live in, nor have we vineyard, or field or seed;
10 but have dwelt in tents and have hearkened and done according to all that our father Jonadab commanded us.
11 So when Nabuchodonosar came up against the land, we determined upon coming and came to Jerusalem out of the way of the army of the Chaldeans and out of the way of the army of the Assyrians, and here we have made our abode.
12 Upon this a word of the Lord came to me, saying,
13 Thus saith the Lord, Go and say to the men of Juda and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you never receive instruction to hearken to my words?
14 The children of Jonadab son of Rechab have stedfastly observed the command which he gave them not to drink wine: and they have not drunk any. But I have spoken to you, rising early; and you have not hearkened.
15 Though I have sent to you my servants the prophets; saying, Turn ye, every one from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after strange gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I gave to you and your fathers; yet you have not inclined your ears nor hearkened.
16 The sons of Jonadab son of Rechab have stedfastly observed the command of their father; but this people have not hearkened to me.
17 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold I will bring upon Juda and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evils which I have denounced against them.
18 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Seeing the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab have obeyed the command of their father and have done as he ordered them;
19 there shall never be wanting a man of the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab to stand before me all the days of this land.