Jeremías 17:19

19 Guardar el día de descanso
Esto me dijo el Señor
: «Ve y párate en las puertas de Jerusalén, primero en la puerta por donde el rey entra y sale, y luego en cada una de las demás puertas.

Jeremías 17:19 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 17:19

Thus said the Lord unto me
Here begins a new sermon or discourse, concerning the sanctification of the sabbath, and a very proper place to begin a new chapter:

Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people;
where there were great numbers of people passing and repassing; and whither the people resorted upon one account or another; or where they dwelt. Some particular gate of the city of Jerusalem seems to be meant; and not the gate of the temple, as Abarbinel. Some think the sheep gate, and others the water gate, ( Nehemiah 3:1 Nehemiah 3:26 ) ; perhaps rather the latter, since the Nethinims dwelt near it, who were the Gibeonites, so called, because given to the congregation of Israel, to be hewers of wood and drawers of water to it; and these were "the children of the people", of the nations of the world, the old Canaanites, as well as they were the servants of the people of Israel: but what particular gate is intended is not certain; it is very likely it was one that was near the court, by what follows:

whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out;
when they went out to war and returned; or went to their country houses and came back; or on any business and occasion whatever. This shows a reason why the prophet was to go and stand in this gate first; because his message was to be first delivered to these great personages, who had a personal concern herein, and who could influence others by their authority and example:

and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
after he had been in the former, and delivered his message; for it concerned all the inhabitants of the city, high and low, rich and poor, male and female, young and old; and therefore he was to go to every gate, and stand and proclaim there, as being the most public places of resort and concourse, and where people were continually going and coming.

Jeremías 17:19 In-Context

17 Señor
, ¡no me aterrorices!
Solo tú eres mi esperanza en el día de la calamidad.

18 Haz que se avergüencen y se desalienten todos los que me persiguen,
pero no dejes que sea yo el avergonzado y el desalentado.
Haz que caiga sobre ellos un día de terror.
¡Sí, haz que caiga sobre ellos doble destrucción!

19 Guardar el día de descanso
Esto me dijo el Señor
: «Ve y párate en las puertas de Jerusalén, primero en la puerta por donde el rey entra y sale, y luego en cada una de las demás puertas.

20 Dile a todo el pueblo: “Escuchen este mensaje del Señor
, ustedes reyes de Judá y ustedes, habitantes de Judá y todos los que viven en Jerusalén.

21 Esto dice el Señor
: ‘¡Escuchen mi advertencia! No comercien más en las puertas de Jerusalén en el día de descanso.