Jeremiah 17:22

“Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, etc.] Not of dirt and soil only, as some restrain the sense; but of any ware or merchandise, in order to be sold in the city or elsewhere: neither do ye any work; any servile work, any kind of manufacture, either within doors or without; or exercise any kind of trade, or barter and merchandise, or do any sort of worldly business; nothing but what was of mere necessity, for the preservation of life; (see <022010>Exodus 20:10); but hallow ye the sabbath day; or, “sanctify it”f364; by separating it from all worldly business, and devoting it to the worship of God in public and private, spending it wholly in acts of religion and…”

“This prophecy on the observance of the Sabbath, is the first of a series of short predictions. arranged probably in chronological order among themselves, but in other respects independent of one another. Its tone is mild, and dissuasive rather of future neglect than condemnatory of past misconduct; and it may be assigned to the commencement of Jehoiakim’s reign. Its similarity to the prophecy contained in Jeremiah 22:1-5 makes it probable that they were contemporaneous. Jeremiah 17:19 The gate of the children of the people - Perhaps the principal entrance of the outer court of the temple. Very probably there was traffic there, as in our Lord’s time, in doves and other requisites for…”

“neither do: Gen 2:2, Gen 2:3; Exo 16:23-29, Exo 20:8-10, Exo 23:12, Exo 31:13-17; Lev 19:3, Lev 23:3; Deu 5:12-15; Isa 56:2-6, Isa 58:13; Eze 20:12, Eze 20:20, Eze 20:21, Eze 22:8; Luk 6:5, Luk 23:56; Rev 1:10 Jeremiah 17:23”