Jeremiah 17:20-27

20 Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, you kings of Judah and all people of Judah and everyone living in Jerusalem who come through these gates.
21 This is what the LORD says: Be careful not to carry a load on the Sabbath day or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem.
22 Do not bring a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your ancestors.
23 Yet they did not listen or pay attention; they were stiff-necked and would not listen or respond to discipline.
24 But if you are careful to obey me, declares the LORD, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy by not doing any work on it,
25 then kings who sit on David’s throne will come through the gates of this city with their officials. They and their officials will come riding in chariots and on horses, accompanied by the men of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.
26 People will come from the towns of Judah and the villages around Jerusalem, from the territory of Benjamin and the western foothills, from the hill country and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the LORD.
27 But if you do not obey me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying any load as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in the gates of Jerusalem that will consume her fortresses.’ ”

Cross References 15

  • 1. Jeremiah 19:3
  • 2. Jeremiah 22:2
  • 3. Numbers 15:32-36; S Deuteronomy 5:14; Nehemiah 13:15-21; John 5:10
  • 4. S Genesis 2:3; S Exodus 20:8; Exodus 31:13; Isaiah 56:2-6; Ezekiel 20:12
  • 5. Jeremiah 7:26
  • 6. Jeremiah 19:15
  • 7. S 2 Chronicles 28:22; S Jeremiah 7:28; Zechariah 7:11
  • 8. ver 22
  • 9. S 2 Samuel 7:13; Isaiah 9:7; Jeremiah 22:2,4; Luke 1:32
  • 10. Jeremiah 30:10; Jeremiah 33:16; Ezekiel 28:26
  • 11. Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13; Zechariah 7:7
  • 12. S 1 Kings 9:6; Jeremiah 22:5
  • 13. S Nehemiah 10:31
  • 14. S Jeremiah 7:20
  • 15. S 2 Kings 25:9; Hosea 8:14; Amos 2:5
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