1 God spoke to Jeremiah in the time of King Jehoiakim of Judah. ️ 2 God said, Go to the Rechabites. Bring them to God’s house. Give them wine to drink. ♂️️ 3 So Jeremiah took Jaazaniah and his family. He took all the Rechabites. 4 Jeremiah put them in a room in God’s house, near leader rooms. ️ 5 Jeremiah set big bowls and cups of wine before them and said, Please drink. 6 They said, We will not drink wine. Jonadab, son of Rechab, told us a rule: Do not drink wine, not us or our sons, ever. ✋❌ 7 Jonadab said, Do not build a house. Do not plant seed or grape vines. Live in tents. Then you will live long in this land. ❌❌❌⛺✅ 8 We obey Jonadab. We do not drink wine. We, our wives, our sons, and our girls obey. ✅ 9 We do not build a house to live in. We do not have a field or grape farm or seed. ❌❌❌ 10 We live in tents. We obey Jonadab. We do all he said. ⛺✅ 11 But a big king, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, came to fight the land. We were afraid of the armies. So we came to the big city, Jerusalem. Now we live in Jerusalem. ⚔️️ 12 Then God spoke to Jeremiah again. ️ 13 God said, Go tell the people of Judah and the people in Jerusalem: Will you not learn? Will you not listen to My words? ️❓ 14 Jonadab’s sons obey their father. They do not drink wine to this day. But I spoke to you again and again, and you did not listen to Me. ✅❌ ↔️ 15 I sent My helpers many times. They said, Turn from bad ways. Do not run after other gods. Then you can stay in this land. But you did not listen. ➡️️⛔❌ 16 Jonadab’s family obeyed their father. But you did not obey God. ✅ ↔️ ♂️ toward God 17 So God says, I will bring trouble on Judah and on Jerusalem, just like I said. I spoke, but you did not listen. I called, but you did not answer. ⚠️️ 18 Then Jeremiah said to the Rechabites, God says, You obeyed Jonadab. You kept all his rules. ✅ 19 So God says, Jonadab’s family will always have someone to serve Me. ️♾️