8. Thus we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rekab, our father, in all that he has 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; and we do not have vineyard, or field, or seed.
10. But we have lived in tents only and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
11. But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, we said, ‘Come, and let us go to Jerusalem before the army of the Chaldeans and before the army of the Arameans.’ So we have dwelt in Jerusalem.”
12. Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying: