Jeremiah 17:21

thus saith the Lord; Take heed to your souls, and take up no burdens on the Sabbath day, and go not forth through the gates of Jerusalem;

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;

In Context

20and thou shalt say to them, Hear the word of the Lord, ye kings of Judah, and all Judea, and all Jerusalem, all who go in at these gates:

22and carry forth no burdens out of your houses on the Sabbath day, and ye shall do no work: sanctify the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

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Cross References

Numbers 15:32And the children of Israel were in the wilderness, and they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 4:15And take good heed to your hearts, for ye saw no similitude in the day in which the Lord spoke to you in Horeb in the mountain out of the midst of the fire:

Deuteronomy 11:16take heed to thyself that thy heart be not puffed up, and ye transgress, and serve other gods, and worship them:

Proverbs 4:23Keep thy heart with the utmost care; 1 For out of these are the issues of life. 1

Jeremiah 17:22and carry forth no burdens out of your houses on the Sabbath day, and ye shall do no work: sanctify the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 17:20-27

Sabbath-Sanctification. ( b. c. 600.) 19 Thus said the Lord unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the Lord , ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: 21 Thus saith the Lord ; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; 22… Read the whole commentary →

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