The word which came to Yirmeyahu from the Lord in the days of Yehoyaqim the son of Yoshiyyahu king of Yehuda, saying,

Go to the house of the Rekhavim, and speak to them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.

Then I took Ya᾽azanya the son of Yirmeyahu, the son of Ḥavażżinya, and his brothers, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rekhavim;

and I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Ḥanan, the son of Yigdalyahu, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Ma῾aseyahu the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:

and I set before the sons of the house of the Rekhavim goblets full of wine, and cups, and I said to them, Drink wine.

But they said, We will drink no wine: for Yonadav the son of Rekhav our father commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons for ever:

Neither shall you build a house, nor sow seed, nor plant a vineyard, nor have one: but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land where you sojourn.

And we have obeyed the voice of Yonadav the son of Rekhav our father in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters;

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

but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Yonadav our father commanded us.

But it came to pass, when Nevukhadreżżar king of Bavel came up into the land that we said, Come, and let us go to Yerushalayim for fear of the army of the Kasdim, and for fear of the army of Aram: so we dwell at Yerushalayim.

Then came the word of the Lord to Yirmeyahu, saying,

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el, Go and tell the men of Yehuda and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, Will you not receive instruction to hearken to my words? says the Lord.

The words of Yonadav the son of Rekhav, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, has been kept; for to this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment: yet I have spoken to you, from morning till night; but you did not hearken to me.

I have also sent to you all my servants the prophets, sending them from morning till night, saying, Return now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and then you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened to me.

For the sons of Yonadav the son of Rekhav have kept the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people has not hearkened to me:

therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el; Behold, I will bring upon Yehuda and upon all the inhabitants of Yerushalayim all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken to them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not answered.

And Yirmeyahu said to the house of the Rekhavim, Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el; Because you have obeyed the commandment of Yonadav your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all that he has commanded you:

therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el; Yonadav the son of Rekhav shall not lack a man to stand before me for ever.