Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
Ver. 16. Because the sons of Jonadab.] This was a lively way of confuting their contumacy, far more convincing than that of the heathens not changing their gods, or the beasts knowing their owners, the birds their seasons.
But this people have not hearkened unto me.] Whereas, "if I be a father, where is mine honour? and if a master, where is mine obedience?" Mal 1:6 See Trapp on " Mal 1:6 "