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Then the LORD told me to say to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: I, the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel, want you to learn a lesson from the Rechabite clan. Their ancestor Jonadab told his descendants never to drink wine, and to this very day they have obeyed him. But I have spoken to you over and over, and you haven’t obeyed me! You refused to listen to my prophets, who kept telling you, “Stop doing evil and worshiping other gods! Start obeying the LORD, and he will let you live
Jeremiah 35:12–15