rsv Jeremiah:17:19-27 SEEK
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Thus said the LORD to me : "
Go and stand in the Benjamin Gate ,
by which the kings of Judah enter and by which they go out ,
and in all the gates of Jerusalem ,
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and say : `
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 :
Take heed for the sake of your lives ,
and do not bear a burden on the sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem .
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And do not carry a burden out of your houses on the sabbath or do any work ,
but keep the sabbath day holy ,
as I commanded your fathers .
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Yet they did not listen or incline their ear ,
but stiffened their neck ,
that they might not hear and receive instruction .
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But if you listen to me ,
says the LORD ,
and bring in no burden by the gates of this city on the sabbath day ,
but keep the sabbath day holy and do no work on it ,
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then there shall enter by the gates of this city kings who sit on the throne of David ,
riding in chariots and on horses ,
they and their princes ,
the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem ;
and this city shall be inhabited for ever .
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And people shall come from the cities of Judah and the places round about Jerusalem ,
from the land of Benjamin ,
from the Shephe '
lah ,
from the hill country ,
and from the Negeb ,
bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices ,
cereal offerings and frankincense ,
and bringing thank offerings to the house of the LORD .
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But if you do not listen to me ,
to keep the sabbath day holy ,
and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day ,
then I will kindle a fire in its gates ,
and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched .'"