The word which came to Armiya from Allah in the days of Jehoiakim Ibn Josiah, king of Judah, saying, 2Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them into the house of Allah, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. 3Then I took Jaazaniah Ibn Jeremiah, Ibn Habazziniah, and his brothers, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; 4and I brought them into the house of Allah, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan Ibn Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah Ibn Shallum, the keeper of the threshold. 5I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, Drink wine. 6But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab Ibn Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons, forever: 7neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you reside. 8We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab Ibn Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters; 9nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: 10but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. 11But it happened, 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. 12Then came the word of Allah to Armiya, saying, 13Thus says Allah, Lord of the universe, the God of Israel: Go, and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction to listen to my words? says Allah. 14The words of Jonadab Ibn Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; and to this day they drink none, for they obey their father’s commandment: but I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; and you have not listened to me. 15I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to worship them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me. 16Because the sons of Jonadab Ibn Rechab have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them, but this people has not listened to me; 17therefore thus says Allah, the Lord God of the universe, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken to them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not answered. 18Armiya said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus says Allah, Lord of the universe, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all that he commanded you; 19therefore thus says Allah, Lord of the universe, the God of Israel: Jonadab Ibn Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me forever.