In those days I saw in Judah people who were treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sacks of grain and loading them on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs, and every kind of load, and they were bringing them into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I admonished them on the day they sold food.
Commentaries
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The desecration of the Sabbath is first brought into prominence among the sins of the Jewish people by Jeremiah (Jeremiah 17:21–27). It…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Saw I in Judah. — In the country, Nehemiah observed the most determined profanation of the Sabbath; and this extended to …
John Gill
JohnGill
In those days saw I in Judah some treading winepresses on the
sabbath
Which was not a…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Keeping the Lord's day holy is an important matter for the attention of those who would promote true godliness. Religion never prospers while Sabba…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes