And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, So says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed your father Jonadab’s command, and have kept all his commands, and have done according to all that he has commanded you,
And you shall not build a house, and not sow seed, nor plant a vineyard, and not shall there be anything to you; but all your days you shall live in tents, so that you may live many days on the face of the land there where you are sojourning.
In you they have despised father and mother. In your midst they have dealt with the alien by oppression. In you they oppressed the widow and the orphan.
A son honors his father, and a servant his master. and if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My fear? says Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests who despise My name. But you say, In what have we despised Your name?
Therefore give over to all their dues: to the one due tax, the tax; to the one due tribute, the tribute; to the one due fear, the fear; to the one due honor, the honor.
Honor your father and your mother, as Jehovah your God has commanded you, so that your days may be prolonged, and so that it may be well with you in the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you.
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to be godly to their own house and to make a return payment to their forefathers, for this is good and pleasing before God.