Jeremiah 17:22

Bear no burden from your houses on the sabbath-day, And do no kind of work; But keep ye holy the sabbath-day, As I commanded your fathers.

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In The King James Version

Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

In Context

21Thus saith Jehovah: Take heed to yourselves, And carry no burden on the sabbath-day, And bring none through the gates of Jerusalem.

23But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, But made their necks stiff, and refused to hear, And refused to receive instruction.

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Cross References

Isaiah 58:13If thou restrain thy foot from the sabbath, From doing thy pleasure on my holy day, If thou shalt call the sabbath a delight, The holy day of Jehovah honorable, And shalt honor it by refraining from thy work, From doing thy pleasure, and speaking vain words,

Ezekiel 20:20And hallow my sabbaths, that they may be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah, your God.

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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