[jQuery] Hierarchical .parents()

Will the .parents() method always return in hierarchical order? Say I
have:
<ol id="outer">
<li>
<ol id="inner">
<li>
<a id="target"/>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
If I do $("#target").parents("ol").eq(0), will I *always* get #inner,
or is the order of the resulting jQuery matched elements arbitrary?
~Jason