Jeremiah 35:12-15 The Lord instructed the people of Judah and Jerusalem to obey him and refuse to follow and serve other gods. The group of people from the family of Recabite was instructed not to drink wine, own fields, and live in tents they have obeyed this come that was delivered from a man named Jonadab and yet the Lord spoke through prophets to his people and still they disobeyed time after time. The Lord wants us to obey Him more than we do to people especially his written commands.