Jeremias 17:21

21 Assim diz o SENHOR: “Por amor à vida de vocês, tenham o cuidado de não levar cargas nem de fazê-las passar pelas portas de Jerusalém no dia de sábado.

Jeremias 17:21 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 17:21

Thus saith the Lord, take heed to yourselves
That ye sin not against the Lord, by breaking the sabbath, and so bring wrath and ruin upon yourselves: or "to your souls" ^F1; to the inward frame of them, that they be in disposition for the work of that day; and that they be wholly engaged therein, even all the powers and faculties of them; and that they be not taken up in thoughts and cares about other things: and bear no burden on the sabbath day;
as no worldly thoughts and cares should, cumber the mind, and lie heavy thereon, to the interruption of spiritual exercises of religion; so neither should any weight or burden be borne by the body, or carried from place to place; as not by themselves, so neither by their servants, nor by their cattle, nor in carts and wagons, nor by any instrument whatever; in short, all servile work was forbidden: nor bring [it] in by the gates of Jerusalem;
to be unloaded and sold there, as wine, grapes, figs, and fish, were, in the times of Nehemiah, ( Nehemiah 13:15 Nehemiah 13:16 Nehemiah 13:19 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (Mkytwvpnb) "in animabus vestris", Calvin, Montanus, Schmidt.

Jeremias 17:21 In-Context

19 Assim me disse o SENHOR: “Vá colocar-se à porta do Povo, por onde entram e saem os reis de Judá; faça o mesmo junto a todas as portas de Jerusalém.

20 Diga-lhes: Ouçam a palavra do SENHOR, reis de Judá, todo o Judá e todos os habitantes de Jerusalém, vocês que passam por estas portas”.

21 Assim diz o SENHOR: “Por amor à vida de vocês, tenham o cuidado de não levar cargas nem de fazê-las passar pelas portas de Jerusalém no dia de sábado.

22 Não levem carga alguma para fora de casa nem façam nenhum trabalho no sábado, mas guardem o dia de sábado como dia consagrado, como ordenei aos seus antepassados.

23 Contudo, eles não me ouviram nem me deram atenção; foram obstinados e não quiseram ouvir nem aceitar a disciplina.