Dual Panel1The Lord <03068> spoke <01697> to <0413> Jeremiah <03414> when <03117> Jehoiakim <03079> son <01121> of Josiah <02977> was ruling over <04428> Judah <03063>.
2“Go <01980> to <0413> the Rechabite <07397> community <01004>. Invite <01696> them to come <0935> into <0413> one <0259> of the side rooms <03957> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and offer <08248> them some wine <03196> to drink <08248>.”
3So I went and got <03947> Jaazaniah <02970> son <01121> of Jeremiah <03414> the grandson <01121> of Habazziniah <02262>, his brothers <0251>, all <03605> his sons <01121>, and all <03605> the rest of the Rechabite <07397> community <01004>.
4I took <0935> them to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. I took them into <0413> the room <03957> where the disciples <01121> of the prophet <0430> Hanan <02605> son <01121> of Igdaliah <03012> stayed. That <0834> room <03957> was next to the one <0376> where the temple officers <08269> stayed and above <04605> the room <03957> where Maaseiah <04641> son <01121> of Shallum <07967>, one of the doorkeepers <05592> <08104> of the temple, stayed.
5Then I set <05414> cups <01375> and pitchers <03563> full <04392> of wine <03196> in front <06440> of the members <01121> of the Rechabite <07397> community <01004> and said <0559> to <0413> them, “Have <08354> some wine <03196>.”
6But they answered <0559>, “We do not <03808> drink <08354> wine <03196> because <03588> our ancestor <01> Jonadab <03122> son <01121> of Rechab <07394> commanded <06680> us not to. He told <0559> us, ‘You <0859> and your children <01121> must never <03808> drink <08354> wine <03196>.
7Do not <03808> build <01129> houses <01004>. Do not <03808> plant <02232> crops <02233>. Do not <03808> plant <05193> a vineyard <03754> or <03808> own one. Live in <03427> tents <0168> all <03605> your lives <03117>. If <04616> you do these things you will live <02421> a long <07227> time <03117> in <05921> the land <0127> that <0834> you <0859> wander <01481> about on.’
8We <0587> and our wives <0802> and our sons <01121> and daughters <01323> have obeyed <06963> <08085> everything <03605> our ancestor <01> Jonadab <03082> commanded <06680> us. We have never <01115> drunk <08354> wine <03196>.
9We have not <01115> built <01129> any houses <01004> to live <03427> in. We do not <03808> own any vineyards <03754>, fields <07704>, or crops <02233>.
10We have lived <03427> in tents <0168>. We have obeyed <08085> our ancestor <01> Jonadab <03122> and done <06213> exactly as <0834> he commanded <06680> us.
11But when King <04428> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> of Babylon <0894> invaded <05927> the land <0776> we said <0559>, ‘Let’s get up <0935> and go to <0935> Jerusalem <03389> to get away from <06440> the Babylonian <03778> and Aramean <0758> armies <02428>.’ That is why we are staying <03427> here in Jerusalem <03389>.”
12Then the Lord <03068> spoke <01697> to <0413> Jeremiah <03414>.
13The Lord <03069> God <0430> of Israel <03478> who rules over all <06635> told <0559> him, “Go <01980> and speak <0559> to the people <0376> of Judah <03063> and the citizens <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>. Tell them, ‘I, the Lord <03069>, say: “You must learn <03947> a lesson <04148> from this about obeying <08085> what I say <05002> <01697>!
14Jonadab <03082> son <01121> of Rechab <07394> ordered <06680> his descendants <01121> not <01115> to drink <08354> wine <03196>. His orders <01697> have been carried out <06965>. To this <02088> day <03117> his descendants have drunk <08354> no <03808> wine because <03588> they have obeyed <08085> what their ancestor <01> commanded <04687> them. But I <0595> have spoken <01696> to <0413> you over and over again <07925>, but you have not <03808> obeyed <08085> me!
15I sent <07971> all <03605> my servants <05650> the prophets <05030> to warn you over and over again <07925>. They said <0559>, “Every one <0376> of you, stop doing <07725> the evil <07451> things <01870> you have been doing and do <03190> what <04611> is right <03190>. Do not <0408> pay allegiance <0310> <01980> to other <0312> gods <0430> and worship <05647> them. Then you can continue to live in <03427> this land <0127> that <0834> I gave <05414> to you and your ancestors <01>.” But you did not <03808> pay <05186> any attention <0241> or <03808> listen <08085> to <0413> me.
16Yes <03588>, the descendants <01121> of Jonadab <03082> son <01121> of Rechab <07394> have carried out <06965> the orders <04687> that <0834> their ancestor <01> gave <06680> them. But you people <05971> have not <03808> obeyed <08085> me!
17So <03541> <03651> I, the Lord <03068>, the God <0430> who rules over all <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, say <0559>: “I will soon bring <0935> on <0413> Judah <03063> and all <03605> the citizens <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> all <03605> the disaster <07451> that <0834> I threatened <01696> to bring on <05921> them. I will do this because <03282> I spoke <01696> to <0413> them but they did not <03808> listen <08085>. I called out <07121> to them but they did not <03808> answer <06030>.”’”
18Then Jeremiah <03414> spoke <0559> to the Rechabite <07397> community <01004>, “The Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> who rules over all <06635> says <0559>, ‘You have obeyed <08085> the orders <04687> of your ancestor <01> Jonadab <03082>. You have followed <08104> all <03605> his instructions <04687>. You have done <06213> exactly as <0834> he commanded <06680> you.’
19So <03651> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> who rules over all <06635> says <0559>, ‘Jonadab <03122> son <01121> of Rechab <07394> will never <03808> lack <03772> a male <0376> descendant to serve <05975> me.’”