Jeremiah 35:5-7

The Message

⁵ Then I set out chalices and pitchers of wine for the Recabites and said, “A toast! Drink up!”

^6-7 But they wouldn’t do it. “We don’t drink wine,” they said. “Our ancestor Jonadab son of Recab commanded us, ‘You are not to drink wine, you or your children, ever. Neither shall you build houses or settle down, planting fields and gardens and vineyards. Don’t own property. Live in tents as nomads so that you will live well and prosper in a wandering life.’