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It shall happen, if you diligently listen to me, says Yahweh, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to make the Sabbath day holy, to do no work therein;
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More Than Just a Day Off
Commentators explain that the command to honor the Sabbath was more than a rule about physical rest. It was a test of the people's spiritual state and a symbol of their entire relationship with God. John Calvin notes that in Sabbath observance, "the whole of religion is briefly included," as it required self-denial and surrender to God. It was an outward sign of an inward reality.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This prophecy on the observance of the Sabbath is the first of a series of short predictions, probably arranged in chronological order among themse…
16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah introduced, as I have said, a condemnation concerning the fathers, so that he might make the Jews of his age ashamed of themselves, lest t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it shall come to pass; Or, "yet it shall come to pass" F6; so it shall be, notwithstanding all former diso…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet calls the people back to practicing their original religion regarding the commandment to observe the Sabbath. This is t…
