8 Thus we have ^aobeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,  ‡

9 nor to build ourselves houses to dwell in; nor do we have vineyard, field, or seed.

11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, ‘Come, let us ^ago to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans and for fear of the army of the Syrians.’ So we dwell at Jerusalem.”  ‡

12 Then came the word of the Lord to Jeremiah, saying,