THEOSISJeremiah 17:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Thus saith the Lord: Take heed to your souls, and carry no burdens on the sabbath day: and bring them not in by the gates of Jerusalem.
כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִשָּׁמְר֖וּ בְּנַפְשֽׁוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וְאַל־תִּשְׂא֤וּ מַשָּׂא֙ בְּי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת וַהֲבֵאתֶ֖ם בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֥י יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Num 15:32And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were in the wilderness, and had found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day,
- Num 15:36And when they had brought him out, they stoned him, and he died as the Lord had commanded.
- Neh 13:15In those days I saw in Juda some treading the presses on the sabbath, and carrying sheaves, and lading asses with wine, and grapes, and figs, and all manner of burthens, and bringing them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day. And I charged them that they should sell on a day on which it was lawful to sell.
- Neh 13:21And I charged them, and I said to them: Why stay you before the wall? if you do so another time, I will lay hands on you. And from that time they came no more on the sabbath.
- John 5:9And immediately the man was made whole: and he took up his bed and walked. And it was the sabbath that day.
- John 5:12They asked him therefore: Who is that man who said to thee: Take up thy bed and walk?
- Deut 4:15Keep therefore your souls carefully. You saw not any similitude in the day that the Lord God spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire:
- Deut 11:16Beware lest perhaps your heart be deceived, and you depart from the Lord, and serve strange gods, and adore them: