Jeremiah 17:13-25

New International Version

¹³Lord, you are the hope^(A) of Israel;
    all who forsake^(B) you will be put to shame.
Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust^(C)
    because they have forsaken the Lord,
    the spring of living water.^(D)

¹⁴Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed;^(E)
    save^(F) me and I will be saved,
    for you are the one I praise.^(G)
¹⁵They keep saying to me,
    “Where is the word of the Lord?
    Let it now be fulfilled!”^(H)
¹⁶I have not run away from being your shepherd;
    you know I have not desired the day of despair.
    What passes my lips^(I) is open before you.
¹⁷Do not be a terror^(J) to me;
    you are my refuge^(K) in the day of disaster.^(L)
¹⁸Let my persecutors be put to shame,
    but keep me from shame;
let them be terrified,
    but keep me from terror.
Bring on them the day of disaster;
    destroy them with double destruction.^(M)

Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy

¹⁹This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and stand at the Gate of the People,^[a] through which the kings of Judah go in and out; stand also at all the other gates of Jerusalem.^(N) ²⁰Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah and all people of Judah and everyone living in Jerusalem^(O) who come through these gates.^(P) ²¹This is what the Lord says: Be careful not to carry a load on the Sabbath^(Q) day or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem. ²²Do not bring a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your ancestors.^(R) ²³Yet they did not listen or pay attention;^(S) they were stiff-necked^(T) and would not listen or respond to discipline.^(U) ²⁴But if you are careful to obey me, declares the Lord, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy^(V) by not doing any work on it, ²⁵then kings who sit on David’s throne^(W) will come through the gates of this city with their officials. They and their officials will come riding in chariots and on horses, accompanied by the men of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.^(X)