1 verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam a Domino
in diebus Ioachim filii Iosiae regis Iuda dicens
2 vade ad domum Rechabitarum et loquere eis
et introduces eos in domum Domini in unam exedram
thesaurorum
et dabis eis bibere vinum
3 et adsumpsi Iezoniam filium Hieremiae filii Absaniae
et fratres eius et omnes filios eius
et universam domum Rechabitarum
4 et introduxi eos in domum Domini
ad gazofilacium filiorum Anan filii Hiegedeliae hominis Dei
quod erat iuxta gazofilacium principum
super thesaurum Maasiae filii Sellum qui erat custos vestibuli
5 et posui coram filiis domus Rechabitarum scyphos plenos vino et calices
et dixi ad eos bibite vinum
6 qui responderunt non bibemus vinum
quia Ionadab filius Rechab pater noster praecepit nobis dicens
non bibetis vinum vos et filii vestri usque in sempiternum
7 et domum non aedificabitis et sementem non seretis
et vineas non plantabitis nec habebitis
sed in tabernaculis habitabitis cunctis diebus vestris
ut vivatis diebus multis super faciem terrae in qua vos peregrinamini
8 oboedivimus ergo voci Ionadab filii Rechab patris nostri
in omnibus quae praecepit nobis
ita ut non biberemus vinum cunctis diebus nostris
nos et mulieres nostrae filii et filiae nostrae
9 et non aedificaremus domos ad habitandum
et vineam et agrum et sementem non habuimus
10 sed habitavimus in tabernaculis
et oboedientes fecimus iuxta omnia
quae praecepit nobis Ionadab pater noster
11 cum autem ascendisset Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis ad terram nostram
diximus venite et ingrediamur Hierusalem
a facie exercitus Chaldeorum et a facie exercitus Syriae
et mansimus in Hierusalem
12 et factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam dicens
13 haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel
vade et dic viris Iuda et habitatoribus Hierusalem
numquid non recipietis disciplinam
ut oboediatis verbis meis dicit Dominus
14 praevaluerunt sermones Ionadab filii Rechab
quos praecepit filiis suis ut non biberent vinum
et non biberunt usque ad diem hanc
quia oboedierunt praecepto patris sui
ego autem locutus sum ad vos de mane consurgens et loquens
et non oboedistis mihi
15 misique ad vos omnes servos meos prophetas
consurgens diluculo mittensque et dicens
convertimini unusquisque a via sua pessima
et bona facite studia vestra
et nolite sequi deos alienos neque colatis eos
et habitabitis in terra quam dedi vobis et patribus vestris
et non inclinastis aurem vestram neque audistis me
16 firmaverunt igitur filii Ionadab filii Rechab praeceptum patris sui
quod praeceperat eis
populus autem iste non oboedivit mihi
17 idcirco haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel
ecce ego adduco super Iudam
et super omnes habitatores Hierusalem
universam adflictionem quam locutus sum adversum eos
eo quod locutus sum ad illos et non audierunt
vocavi illos et non responderunt mihi
18 domui autem Rechabitarum dixit Hieremias
haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel
pro eo quod oboedistis praecepto Ionadab patris vestri
et custodistis omnia mandata eius
et fecistis universa quae praecepit vobis
19 propterea haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel
non deficiet vir de stirpe Ionadab filii Rechab
stans in conspectu meo cunctis diebus
1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 2 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. 3 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; 4 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: 5 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. 6 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: 7 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. 8 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; 9 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.
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.