And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:
Ver. 18. Because ye have obeyed the commandment.] Obedience to parents hath an ample recompense of reward, as that which is good and acceptable before God and men. 1Ti 5:4