8. We have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab, Rechab’s son, commanded us. No one in our household, including our wives and children, has ever had wine.
9. And we haven’t built houses to live in or had vineyards, fields, or crops.
10. We have lived in tents and done everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.
11. But when Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar invaded the country, we said, ‘We better go to Jerusalem to escape the Babylonian and Aramean armies.’ That’s why we’re here in Jerusalem."
12. Then the Lord’s word came to Jeremiah: