noyes - Jeremiah:17:19-27

noyes@Jeremiah:17:19 @ Thus said Jehovah to me: Go and stand in the peoples gate, Through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, And in all the gates of Jerusalem,

noyes@Jeremiah:17:20 @ And say to them, Hear the word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, All Judah, and all ye who dwell at Jerusalem, Who enter in through these gates!

noyes@Jeremiah:17:21 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Take heed to yourselves, And carry no burden on the sabbathday, And bring none through the gates of Jerusalem.

noyes@Jeremiah:17:22 @ Bear no burden from your houses on the sabbathday, And do no kind of work; But keep ye holy the sabbathday, As I commanded your fathers.

noyes@Jeremiah:17:23 @ But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, But made their necks stiff, and refused to hear, And refused to receive instruction.

noyes@Jeremiah:17:24 @ If ye will now diligently hearken to me, saith Jehovah, And bring no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbathday, But keep holy the sabbathday, Doing no work therein,

noyes@Jeremiah:17:25 @ Then shall enter the gates of this city kings and princes, Who sit upon the throne of David, Riding in chariots and on horses, They and their chieftains, The men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; And this city shall be inhabited forever.

noyes@Jeremiah:17:26 @ Then from the cities of Judah, and the places around Jerusalem, From the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, From the mountains, and from the South, Shall they come bringing burntofferings, and sacrifices, And flourofferings, and incense, And bringing thankofferings to the house of Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:17:27 @ But if ye will not hearken to me, To keep holy the sabbathday, And to carry no burden through the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbathday, Then will I kindle in her gates an unquenchable fire, Which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.