Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father. —The words decide nothing as to the obligation of the comm…

Here the Prophet, to affect the Jews more deeply, promises a reward to the sons of Jonadab because they obeyed their father; and he promises them a…

And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites To the family of them, to those that were with him in the temple, and wh…

The trial of the Rechabites' constancy was for a sign; it made the disobedience of the Jews to God the more marked. The Rechabites were obedient to…

1. Here, their disobedience is condemned. This is shown in two ways:

   • First, different merits are compared as God expresses …