Jeremiah 35:4-6

Contemporary English Version

⁴ I brought them into the temple courtyard and took them upstairs to a room belonging to the prophets who were followers of Hanan son of Igdaliah. It was next to a room belonging to some of the officials, and that room was over the one belonging to Maaseiah, a priest who was one of the high officials in the temple.^[a]

⁵ I set out some large bowls full of wine together with some cups, and then I said to the Rechabites, “Have some wine!”

⁶ But they answered:

No! The ancestor of our clan, Jonadab son of Rechab,^[b] made a rule that we must obey. He said, “Don't ever drink wine