But to those who were separate you gave wine for drink; and to the prophets you said, Be prophets no longer.
But be a prophet no longer at Beth-el: for it is the holy place of the king, and the king's house.
Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:
Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!
So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the men of Anathoth who have made designs against your life, saying, You are not to be a prophet in the name of the Lord, or death will overtake you by our hands:
Now then, give ear to the word of the Lord: You say, Be no prophet to Israel, and say not a word against the people of Isaac.
Say to the children of Israel, If a man or a woman takes an oath to keep himself separate and give himself to the Lord;
And I put before the sons of the Rechabites basins full of wine and cups, and I said to them, Take some wine.
He is to keep himself from wine and strong drink, and take no mixed wine or strong drink or any drink made from grapes, or any grapes, green or dry.