John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 17:21

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Thus saith the Lord, take heed to yourselves, etc.] That ye sin not against the Lord, by breaking the sabbath, and so bring wrath and ruin upon yourselves: or “to your souls”f363; to the inward frame of them, that they be in disposition for the work of that day; and that they be wholly engaged therein, even all the powers and faculties of them; and that they be not taken up in thoughts and cares about other things: and bear no burden on the sabbath day; as no worldly thoughts and cares should, cumber the mind, and lie heavy thereon, to the interruption of spiritual exercises of religion; so neither should any weight or burden be borne by the body, or carried from place to place; as not by themselves, so neither by their servants, nor by their cattle, nor in carts and wagons, nor by any instrument whatever; in short, all servile work was forbidden: nor bring [it] in by the gates of Jerusalem; to be unloaded and sold there, as wine, grapes, figs, and fish, were, in the times of Nehemiah, (<161315>Nehemiah 13:15,16,19).

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