It will happen, if you diligently listen to me,” says Yahweh, “to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to make the Sabbath day holy, to do no work therein; then there will enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on David’s throne, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city will remain forever. They will come from the cities of Judah, and from the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country, and from the South, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, meal offerings, and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving, to Yahweh’s house.
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Yahweh said this to me: “Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, through which the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem. Tell them, ‘Hear Yahweh’s word, you kings of Judah, all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: Yahweh says, “Be careful, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem. Don’t carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day. Don’t do any work, but make the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers. But they didn’t listen. They didn’t turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction. It will happen, if you diligently listen to me,” says Yahweh, “to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to make the Sabbath day holy, to do no work therein; then there will enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on David’s throne, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city will remain forever. They will come from the cities of Judah, and from the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country, and from the South, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, meal offerings, and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving, to Yahweh’s house. But if you will not listen to me to make the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem. It will not be quenched.” ’ ”
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It will happen, if you diligently listen to me,” says Yahweh, “to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to make the Sabbath day holy, to do no work therein;
then there will enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on David’s throne, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city will remain forever.
They will come from the cities of Judah, and from the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country, and from the South, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, meal offerings, and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving, to Yahweh’s house.
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And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon 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 remain for ever.
And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.
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And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto Me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but to hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
then shall there enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon 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.
And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the Lowland, and from the mountains, and from the South, bringing burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, and meal-offerings, and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving, unto the house of the LORD.
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- Jeremiah 33:13 (v26) In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the South, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around…
- Zechariah 7:7 (v26) Aren’t these the words which Yahweh proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities…
- Deuteronomy 11:13 (v24) It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you today, to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him…
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- Psalms 107:22 (v26) Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.
- 2 Peter 1:5-10 (v24) Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;…
- Exodus 15:26 (v24) He said, “If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to…
- 2 Samuel 7:16 (v25) Your house and your kingdom will be made sure forever before you. Your throne will be established forever.” ’ ”
- Psalms 116:17 (v26) I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on Yahweh’s name.
- Jeremiah 33:11 (v26) 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 say, ‘Give…
- Jeremiah 33:15 (v25) “In those days and at that time, I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David. He will execute justice and righteousness in…
- Jeremiah 33:17 (v25) For Yahweh says: “David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel.
- Jeremiah 33:21 (v25) then may my covenant also be broken with David my servant, that he won’t have a son to reign on his throne; and with the Levites the…
- Hebrews 12:22 (v25) But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
- Exodus 12:14 (v25) This day shall be a memorial for you. You shall keep it as a feast to Yahweh. You shall keep it as a feast throughout your generations by…
- Leviticus 1:1-7 (v26) Yahweh called to Moses, and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When anyone of…
- Deuteronomy 11:22 (v24) For if you shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you—to do them, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways,…
- Deuteronomy 17:16 (v25) Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because…
- Joshua 15:21-63 (v26) The farthest cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, Kinah, Dimonah,…
- 1 Samuel 8:11 (v25) He said, “This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them as his servants, for his…
- 2 Samuel 8:4 (v25) David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen. David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved…
- 1 Kings 9:4-5 (v25) As for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that…
- Ezra 3:3-6 (v26) In spite of their fear because of the peoples of the surrounding lands, they set the altar on its base; and they offered burnt offerings on…
- Ezra 3:11 (v26) They sang to one another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel.”…
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- Psalms 132:11-14 (v25) Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne. If your children will keep…
- Isaiah 21:7 (v24) When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness.”
- Isaiah 55:2 (v24) Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that…
- Isaiah 58:13-14 (v24) “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of…
- Jeremiah 13:13 (v25) Then tell them, ‘Yahweh says, “Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests,…
- Jeremiah 22:30 (v25) Yahweh says, “Record this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his days; for no more will a man of his offspring prosper,…
- Zechariah 6:15 (v24) Those who are far off shall come and build in Yahweh’s temple; and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you. This will…
- Luke 1:32-33 (v25) He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign…
- Hebrews 13:15 (v26) Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his…
- 1 Peter 2:5 (v26) You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God…
- 1 Peter 2:9-10 (v26) But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of…
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain On vv24–26 Jeremiah introduced, as I have said, a condemnation as…
Jeremiah introduced, as I have said, a condemnation as to the fathers, that he might make the Jews of his age ashamed of themselves, lest they shouhl imitate the example of those whom they saw to have been disobedient to God. He yet shews, that God would be reconciled to them, provided they from the heart repented; as though he had said, — “Your fathers indeed provoked, for many years, and even for ages, the vengeance of God; but as he is ever inclined to mercy, he is ready to forgive you, if only you cease to follow your fathers and return to him.” In short, he promises them pardon for the time past, if they turned to God.
If by hearing ye will hear, he says, so as to carry no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath-day, and to sanctify (this is connected with “hear”) the sabbath-day, so that ye do no work on it; then shall enter through the gates of this city kings and princes, etc. He first promises them a perpetuity as to the kingdom; and it was the chief happiness of the people to have a king from the posterity of David; for thus they saw as it were with their eyes the favor of God present, with them, inasmuch as David and his posterity were visible pledges of God’s favor. And we must remember also, that that kingdom was a type of a better kingdom, which had not yet been plainly discovered. Hence in the posterity of David the Jews beheld Christ, until he was manifested. For this reason I said, that they were miserable without a king, and that the perpetuity of the kingdom was a main part, of their happiness. This is the reason why Jeremiah now sets before them, as a singular benefit, the continuance of David’s kingdom among them, provided they observed the sabbath-day: and thus God did not only strictly demand what he had a ritht to do, but also allured them by the sweetness of his promise, according to his usual manner. He may indeed in one word command what he pleases; but when he invites us by promises, he has a regard to our infirmity.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv24–26 Jer 17:24 And it shall come to pass, if…
Jer 17:24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
Ver. 24. But hallow the Sabbath day,] sc., By spending the holy time holily, else God may sue us on an action of waste. Idleness is a sin any day, but specially on the Sabbath day; spiritual idleness then, is as bad as corporal labour.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v26 The sum of all these three verses is, that…
The sum of all these three verses is, that if they would sanctify the Lord’s sabbath, they should either continue in, or be restored unto, their ancient, civil, and ecclesiastical order, they should have kings and princes in their former order and splendour, and men should come from all parts of the country bringing their usual sacrifices and offerings to the temple, and those of all sorts. Some think this promise is to be understood synecdochically, one principal part of the law of God, and such a one as was in their power to obey, being put for the whole law of God. Those who desire to be satisfied in the niceties as to the terms and places here mentioned, may find satisfaction in the English Annotations upon this verse. The general sense is no more than that both their city and their temple, their civil and ecclesiastical state, should continue and flourish in that order wherein it was.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv24–26 And it shall come to pass,.... Or, "yet it…
And it shall come to pass,.... Or, "yet it shall come to pass" (f); so it shall be, notwithstanding all former disobedience and rebellion:
if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the Lord; or, "in hearing hear" (g); hearken attentively, and readily obey the command given, before mentioned, so as
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to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day; to be bought or sold, or to be wrought on or with; and so likewise to carry nothing out of their houses or city, which, though not expressed, is understood as before; and this respects not only the city of Jerusalem, but all other cities and towns in Judea; for the word of the Lord, concerning this matter, was sent to all Judah, the whole land of Judea, Jer 17:20;
but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein; one part of the sanctification of the sabbath lay in a cessation from all servile work, though not wholly, but also in the observance of religious worship, and the one was in order to the other; for, unless they abstained from worldly business, they could not be at leisure to attend divine service.
(f) "tamen erit", Gataker; "erit autem", Cocceius. (g) "audiendo audiveritis", Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v24 Verse 24. If ye diligently hearken unto me] So…
Verse 24. If ye diligently hearken unto me] So we find that though their destruction was positively threatened, yet still there was an unexpressed proviso that, if they did return to the Lord, the calamities should be averted, and a succession of princes would have been continued on the throne of David, Jer 17:25; Jer 17:26.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v25 Jer 17:25-27. Then shall there enter into the gates…
Jer 17:25-27. Then shall there enter into the gates of this city, &c. — “From hence it appears,” says Lowth, “that the judgments denounced against Jerusalem, at least as far as they threatened the city with utter destruction, were not irreversible. And from Jeremiah’s advice to Zedekiah, Jer 38:17, it may be concluded, that if the king had hearkened to that counsel, the city would not have been destroyed, and he himself might have continued a tributary king under Nebuchadnezzar. It is true, that in several other chapters of this prophecy, God, upon foresight of the Jews’ impenitence, pronounces a peremptory sentence upon them. See note on Jer 4:28.” From the land of Benjamin — See notes on Jer 1:1; Jer 6:1. And from the plain, and from the mountain — “These divisions of the country belonging to the tribe of Judah may be found, Jos 15:21; Jos 15:33; Jos 15:48; and these, together with the tribe of Benjamin, made up the whole kingdom of Judah, when taken separate from the kingdom of Israel, or of the ten tribes. See the same enumeration Jer 32:44.” Bringing burnt-offerings and sacrifices, &c. — The sum of these three verses is, that if they would sanctify the Lord’s sabbath, observing also all the other parts of God’s law, which are doubtless included, they should either continue in, or be restored unto, their ancient, civil, and ecclesiastical state. Their city and temple should be preserved; they should have kings and princes in their former order and splendour, and men should come from all parts of the country bringing their usual sacrifices and offerings to the temple, and those of all sorts. But if you will not hearken unto me — Here the Lord denounces a threatening the reverse of the former promise, which should be executed upon their acting contrary to the duty to which that promise was annexed. God would destroy their city by fire; their highest and noblest structures should be burned down: and though the hand of the enemy should do this, yet God should order them to do it; so that it should be a fire of his kindling, and therefore should not be likely to be quenched till it had effected the purpose for which God appointed it.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv25–26 David. I will observe my covenant, 2 Kings vii.…
David. I will observe my covenant, 2 Kings vii. 12. --- Horses: in prosperity, (Menochius) provided this law, as well as all the rest, be observed. (Haydock) --- Such temporal rewards were commonly proposed under the law, as spiritual ones are now. (Worthington)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv24–26 A part put for the whole, "If ye keep…
A part put for the whole, "If ye keep the Sabbath and My other laws."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv25–26 25. Then shall there enter — A noble picture…
25. Then shall there enter — A noble picture of national grandeur and prosperity.
Sitting upon the throne of David — Such elevation belongs, in strictness, only to kings, but the term princes is associated, perhaps to give the picture a more popular cast. Riding in chariots and on horses, suggests what, in such case, would be the “undiminished splendour of the rule of David’s race.”
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv24–26 24–27. See introd. summary to section.
24–27. See introd. summary to section.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv25–26 (25) Kings and princes.—The plural is obviously used to…
(25) Kings and princes.—The plural is obviously used to give greater vividness and grandeur to the picture of revived majesty which would be the reward of faithfulness, perhaps also to express the idea that the majesty would be enduring.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv25–26 Parallel passage, Jer_22:4, where, however, we simply meet with…
Parallel passage, Jer_22:4, where, however, we simply meet with "kings sitting upon the throne o f David," not, as hero, "kings and princes." Has the latter word come in by accident, owing to the frequent combination of kings and princes in Jeremiah? (Jer_1:18 Jer_2:26 Jer_25:18 Jer_32:32 Jer_44:17, Jer_44:21) Shall remain forever; rather, shall be inhabited forever.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv24, 26 this is Yahweh's declaration
this is Yahweh's declaration
Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in Jeremiah 1:8. AT: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: First, Second, or Third Person)
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those who sit on David's throne
Here the throne that the king of Judah sits on is represented as "David's throne." See how you translated this in Jeremiah 13:13. AT: "those who sit on Judah's throne" or "the kings of the nation of Judah" (See: Metonymy)
this city will be inhabited forever
This can be stated in active form. AT: "people will inhabit this city forever" (See: Active or Passive)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv24, 26 17:24-25 The Lord was willing to give the people…
17:24-25 The Lord was willing to give the people a chance to change their ways. By choosing to obey God, the people could enjoy unending peace and the continuation of the kingdom and the city of Jerusalem. • The promise of chariots and horses represented the Lord’s blessing.
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