Keep the Sabbath Holy
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Thus the LORD said to me: "Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
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"and say to them, d 'Hear the word of the LORD, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter by these gates.
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'Thus says the LORD: e "Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
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"nor carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day, nor do any work, but hallow the Sabbath day, as I f commanded your fathers.
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g "But they did not obey nor incline their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear nor receive instruction.
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"And it shall be, h if you heed Me carefully," says the LORD, "to bring no burden through the gates of this city on the i Sabbath day, but hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work in it,
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j "then shall enter the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, accompanied by the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain forever.
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"And they shall come from the cities of Judah and from k the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin and from l the lowland, from the mountains and from m the South, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, bringing n sacrifices of praise to the house of the LORD.
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"But if you will not heed Me to hallow the Sabbath day, such as not carrying a burden when entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then o I will kindle a fire in its gates, p and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be q quenched." ' "
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Cross References
Psalms 49:1
Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world.
Psalms 49:2
Both low and high, Rich and poor together.
Jeremiah 19:3
And say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Behold, I will bring such a catastrophe on this place, that whoever hears of it, his ears will tingle.
Jeremiah 19:4
Because they have forsaken Me and made this an alien place, because they have burned incense in it to other gods whom neither they, their fathers, nor the kings of Judah have known, and have filled this place with the blood of the innocents
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Cross References
Numbers 15:32
Now while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.
Nehemiah 13:19
So it was, at the gates of Jerusalem, as it began to be dark before the Sabbath, that I commanded the gates to be shut, and charged that they must not be opened till after the Sabbath. Then I posted some of my servants at the gates, so that no burdens would be brought in on the Sabbath day.
John 5:9 - 12
And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath.
John 5:17
But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.
John 7:22 - 24
Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.
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Cross References
Exodus 20:8
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exodus 31:13
Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: 'Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
Ezekiel 20:12
Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 7:24
Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.
Jeremiah 7:26
Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 11:4
"which I commanded your fathers in the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, 'Obey My voice, and do according to all that I command you; so shall you be My people, and I will be your God,'
Jeremiah 26:3
'Perhaps everyone will listen and turn from his evil way, that I may relent concerning the calamity which I purpose to bring on them because of the evil of their doings.'
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Cross References
Exodus 16:23 - 30
Then he said to them, "This is what the LORD ha...
Exodus 20:8 - 10
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Numbers 15:32 - 36
Now while the children of Israel were in the wi...
Deuteronomy 5:12 - 14
Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as th...
Nehemiah 13:15
In those days I saw people in Judah treading wi...
Isaiah 58:13
If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, Fr...
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Cross References
Jeremiah 22:4
For if you indeed do this thing, then shall enter the gates of this house, riding on horses and in chariots, accompanied by servants and people, kings who sit on the throne of David.
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Jeremiah 33:13
In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the South, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks shall again pass under the hands of him who counts them, ' says the LORD.
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Cross References
Zechariah 7:7
' Should you not have obeyed the words which the LORD proclaimed through the former prophets when Jerusalem and the cities around it were inhabited and prosperous, and the South and the Lowland were inhabited?'"
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Judges 1:9
And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the mountains, in the South, and in the lowland.
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Cross References
Psalms 107:22
Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare His works with rejoicing.
Psalms 116:17
I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of the LORD.
Jeremiah 33:11
The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say: "Praise the LORD of hosts, For the LORD is good, For His mercy endures forever" - and of those who will bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause the captives of the land to return as at the first,' says the LORD.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 21:14
But I will punish you according to the fruit of...
Lamentations 4:11
The LORD has fulfilled His fury, He has poured ...
Amos 1:4
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael...
Amos 1:7
But I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, W...
Amos 1:10
But I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, W...
Amos 1:12
But I will send a fire upon Teman, Which shall ...
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Cross References
2 Kings 25:9
He burned the house of the LORD and the king's house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire.
2 Chronicles 36:19
Then they burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious possessions.
Jeremiah 39:8
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 52:13
He burned the house of the LORD and the king's house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire.
Amos 2:5
But I will send a fire upon Judah, And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place - on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched.
Ezekiel 20:47
And say to the forest of the South, 'Hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be scorched by it.
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