This prophecy on the observance of the Sabbath is the first of a series of short predictions, probably arranged in chronological order among themse…

Here the Prophet stresses their crime: that the Jews had not just begun for the first time to violate this precept of the Law, for he reminds them …

But they obeyed not
Or, "heard not" ^F3 ; so as to observe and do; that is, their fathers did not; this co…

The prophet was to present to the rulers and the people of Judah the command to keep the Sabbath day holy. Let them strictly observe the fourth com…

1. Here, the prophet calls the people back to practicing their original religion regarding the commandment to observe the Sabbath. This is t…