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Now you are stirring up more wrath against Israel by desecrating the Sabbath.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/nehemiah/13.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Wasn’t it just this sort of thing that your ancestors did that caused our God to bring all this trouble upon us and our city? Now you are bringing even more wrath upon Israel by permitting the Sabbath to be desecrated in this way!” <a href="/esv/nehemiah/13.htm">English Standard Version</a> Did not your fathers act in this way, and did not our God bring all this disaster on us and on this city? Now you are bringing more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.” <a href="/bsb/nehemiah/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!” <a href="/kjv/nehemiah/13.htm">King James Bible</a> Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath. <a href="/nkjv/nehemiah/13.htm">New King James Version</a> Did not your fathers do thus, and did not our God bring all this disaster on us and on this city? Yet you bring added wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.” <a href="/nasb_/nehemiah/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Did your fathers not do the same, so that our God brought on us and on this city all this trouble? Yet you are adding to the wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath.” <a href="/nasb/nehemiah/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Did not your fathers do the same, so that our God brought on us and on this city all this trouble? Yet you are adding to the wrath on Israel by profaning the sabbath.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/nehemiah/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Did not your fathers do the same so that our God brought on us, and on this city, all this trouble? Yet you are adding to the wrath on Israel by profaning the sabbath.” <a href="/lsb/nehemiah/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Did not your fathers do the same, so our God brought on us and on this city all this calamity? Yet you are adding to His anger on Israel by profaning the sabbath.” <a href="/amp/nehemiah/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Did your fathers (ancestors) not do the same, and did our God not bring all this trouble on us and on this city? Yet you are adding to the wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.” <a href="/csb/nehemiah/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Didn’t your ancestors do the same, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling his anger against Israel by profaning the Sabbath! ” <a href="/hcsb/nehemiah/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Didn&#8217t your ancestors do the same, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His anger against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!&#8221 <a href="/asv/nehemiah/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath. <a href="/cev/nehemiah/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Didn't God punish us and this city because our ancestors did these very same things? And here you are, about to make God furious again by disgracing the Sabbath!" <a href="/erv/nehemiah/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath. <a href="/gwt/nehemiah/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Isn't this what your ancestors did, with the results that our God brought all these evils on us and on this city? Now you're making him even more angry with Israel by treating the day of worship as unholy." <a href="/gnt/nehemiah/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> This is exactly why God punished your ancestors when he brought destruction on this city. And yet you insist on bringing more of God's anger down on Israel by profaning the Sabbath." <a href="/isv/nehemiah/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> Didn't your ancestors do the same? And didn't our God bring on us and on this city all of this trouble? Now you're adding to the wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!" <a href="/net/nehemiah/13.htm">NET Bible</a> Isn't this the way your ancestors acted, causing our God to bring on them and on this city all this misfortune? And now you are causing even more wrath on Israel, profaning the Sabbath like this!" <a href="/nheb/nehemiah/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Did not your fathers do thus, and did not our God bring all this disaster on us, and on this city? Yet you bring more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath." <a href="/wbt/nehemiah/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/nehemiah/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!” <a href="/web/nehemiah/13.htm">World English Bible</a> Didn’t your fathers do this, and didn’t our God bring all this evil on us and on this city? Yet you bring more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/nehemiah/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Thus did not your fathers do? And our God brings in on us all this evil, and on this city, and you are adding fierceness on Israel, to defile the Sabbath.” <a href="/ylt/nehemiah/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Thus did not your fathers do? and our God bringeth in on us all this evil, and on this city, and ye are adding fierceness on Israel, to pollute the sabbath.' <a href="/slt/nehemiah/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Did not your fathers thus, and our God will bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? and ye are adding burning upon Israel to profane the Sabbath.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/nehemiah/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Did not our fathers do these things, and our God brought all this evil upon us, and upon this city? And you bring more wrath upon Israel by violating the sabbath. <a href="/cpdv/nehemiah/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Did not our fathers do these things, and so our God brought all this evil upon us and upon this city? And you are adding more wrath upon Israel by violating the Sabbath!” <a href="/nabre/nehemiah/13.htm">New American Bible</a> Did not your ancestors act in this same way, with the result that our God has brought all this evil upon us and upon this city? Would you add to the wrath against Israel by once more profaning the sabbath?” <a href="/nrsvce/nehemiah/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Did not your ancestors act in this way, and did not our God bring all this disaster on us and on this city? Yet you bring more wrath on Israel by profaning the sabbath.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/nehemiah/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Your fathers did likewise, and God brought all this misfortune upon us and upon this city, yet you bring more wrath and anger upon Israel by profaning the sabbath. <a href="/hpbt/nehemiah/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Thus your fathers did and God brought all this evil upon us and on this city, and you increase the heat and the wrath on Israel because you violate the day of the Sabbath.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/nehemiah/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.' <a href="/sep/nehemiah/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Did not your fathers thus, and our God brought upon them and upon us and upon this city all these evils? and do ye bring additional wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath? <a href="/parallel/nehemiah/13-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZsQrw7rBvgc?start=4060" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/13.htm">The Sabbath Restored</a> …17Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day? 18<a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: hă·lō·w (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">Did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">your forefathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">do</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: ḵōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">the same things,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">so that our God</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇê (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">brought</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: hā·rā·‘āh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">disaster</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lê·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on us</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">and on</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">city?</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tem (Conj-w:: Pro-2mp) -- You (masc. sing.). ">And now</a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: mō·w·sî·p̄îm (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mp) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">you are rekindling</a> <a href="/hebrew/2740.htm" title="2740: ḥā·rō·wn (N-ms) -- (burning of) anger. Or charon; from charah; a burning of anger.">His wrath</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: lə·ḥal·lêl (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">by profaning</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7676.htm" title="7676: haš·šab·bāṯ (Art:: N-cs) -- Sabbath. Intensive from shabath; intermission, i.e the Sabbath.">the Sabbath!”</a> 19When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21-27</a> This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. / You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers. / Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline. ... <a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Exodus 20:8-11</a> Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. / Six days you shall labor and do all your work, / but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates. ... <a href="/isaiah/56-2.htm">Isaiah 56:2</a> Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.” <a href="/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Ezekiel 20:12-24</a> I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. / Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness. / But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. ... <a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-21</a> Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. / So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, ... <a href="/leviticus/26-34.htm">Leviticus 26:34-35</a> Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths. / As long as it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you lived in it. <a href="/deuteronomy/5-12.htm">Deuteronomy 5:12-15</a> Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. / Six days you shall labor and do all your work, / but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do. ... <a href="/jeremiah/25-8.htm">Jeremiah 25:8-11</a> Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Because you have not obeyed My words, / behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation. / Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp. ... <a href="/isaiah/58-13.htm">Isaiah 58:13-14</a> If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words, / then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. <a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-18</a> Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. / They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. ... <a href="/matthew/12-8.htm">Matthew 12:8</a> For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” <a href="/mark/2-27.htm">Mark 2:27-28</a> Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. / Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.” <a href="/luke/6-5.htm">Luke 6:5</a> Then Jesus declared, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” <a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a> There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. / For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His. <a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a> Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil on us, and on this city? yet you bring more wrath on Israel by profaning the sabbath.Did not your.<a href="/ezra/9-13.htm">Ezra 9:13-15</a> And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this; … <a href="/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21-23,27</a> Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; … <a href="/jeremiah/44-9.htm">Jeremiah 44:9,22</a> Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? … ye bring more.<a href="/leviticus/26-18.htm">Leviticus 26:18,28</a> And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins… <a href="/numbers/32-14.htm">Numbers 32:14</a> And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.<a href="/joshua/22-17.htm">Joshua 22:17,18</a> Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD, … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/nehemiah/9-20.htm">Act</a> <a href="/ezra/10-10.htm">Adding</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-16.htm">City</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-17.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-23.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-36.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-17.htm">Profaning</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-17.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-32.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-30.htm">Way</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-7.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nehemiah/13-27.htm">Act</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-27.htm">Adding</a> <a href="/esther/3-15.htm">City</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-27.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/job/8-8.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/psalms/78-5.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-26.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-2.htm">Profaning</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-19.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/esther/7-4.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/esther/1-8.htm">Way</a> <a href="/esther/1-12.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Nehemiah 13</div>1. <a href="/nehemiah/13-1.htm">Upon the reading of the law, separation is made from the mixed multitude.</a> 4. <a href="/nehemiah/13-4.htm">Nehemiah, at his return, causes the chambers to be cleansed.</a> 10. <a href="/nehemiah/13-10.htm">He reforms the offices in the house of God;</a> 15. <a href="/nehemiah/13-15.htm">the violation of the Sabbath;</a> 23. <a href="/nehemiah/13-23.htm">and the marriages with the strange wives.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/nehemiah/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/nehemiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/nehemiah/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Did not your forefathers do the same things This phrase refers to the historical disobedience of the Israelites, particularly their neglect of the Sabbath, which was a recurring issue throughout their history. The forefathers mentioned here are the previous generations of Israelites who repeatedly failed to keep God's commandments, leading to various judgments. This is reminiscent of the warnings given by prophets like Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21-27</a>) and Ezekiel (<a href="/ezekiel/20-13.htm">Ezekiel 20:13-24</a>), who admonished the people for similar transgressions.so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? The disaster mentioned here is the Babylonian exile, a direct consequence of Israel's persistent disobedience, including the desecration of the Sabbath. Jerusalem, the city referred to, was destroyed in 586 BC by the Babylonians. This historical context underscores the severity of the consequences of ignoring God's laws. The exile was a fulfillment of the warnings given in <a href="/leviticus/26.htm">Leviticus 26</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where God outlined the blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience.And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel The term "rekindling His wrath" suggests that the people of Nehemiah's time were repeating the sins of their ancestors, risking a similar divine judgment. This reflects the covenantal relationship between God and Israel, where obedience brings blessing and disobedience brings wrath. Nehemiah's leadership was crucial in calling the people back to faithfulness, emphasizing the importance of repentance and reform.by profaning the Sabbath! The Sabbath was a sign of the covenant between God and Israel (<a href="/exodus/31-13.htm">Exodus 31:13-17</a>). Profaning it was a serious violation, as it represented a rejection of God's authority and a failure to trust in His provision. The Sabbath was intended as a day of rest and worship, reflecting God's rest after creation (<a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2-3</a>). By neglecting the Sabbath, the Israelites were not only breaking a commandment but also undermining their identity as God's chosen people. Nehemiah's reform efforts included strict measures to ensure the Sabbath was kept holy, as seen in <a href="/nehemiah/13-15.htm">Nehemiah 13:15-22</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/n/nehemiah.htm">Nehemiah</a> A Jewish leader and cupbearer to the Persian king Artaxerxes, Nehemiah was instrumental in rebuilding Jerusalem's walls and instituting religious reforms. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The central city of Jewish worship and the location of the Temple, Jerusalem was the focal point of Nehemiah's rebuilding efforts and reforms. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_sabbath.htm">The Sabbath</a> A day of rest and worship commanded by God, the Sabbath was being profaned by the Israelites, leading to Nehemiah's rebuke. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_fathers.htm">The Fathers</a> Refers to the ancestors of the Israelites who had previously disobeyed God's commandments, leading to their exile and suffering. 5. <a href="/topical/g/god's_wrath.htm">God's Wrath</a> The consequences of disobedience to God's laws, which Nehemiah warns will come upon Israel again if they continue to profane the Sabbath.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> Nehemiah's rebuke highlights the necessity of obeying God's commandments to avoid His wrath and maintain His favor. <a href="/topical/h/historical_lessons.htm">Historical Lessons</a> The reference to the "fathers" serves as a reminder to learn from past mistakes and not repeat them. <a href="/topical/s/sabbath_as_a_covenant_sign.htm">Sabbath as a Covenant Sign</a> The Sabbath is a sign of the covenant between God and His people, and its observance is a reflection of their relationship with Him. <a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a> Nehemiah's actions show that the community is responsible for upholding God's laws, and leaders must take action to correct disobedience. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a> The passage serves as a warning that disobedience leads to negative consequences, both individually and collectively.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_nehemiah_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Nehemiah 13</a> <a href="/q/why_are_records_silent_on_nehemiah's_reforms.htm">If the return from exile was as significant as Nehemiah 13 suggests, why do some archaeological records remain silent about these sweeping religious and social reforms?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_fires.htm">What is the biblical perspective on house fires?</a> <a href="/q/why_execute_sabbath_workers_if_god_is_merciful.htm">If God is merciful, why does He command the execution of people who work on the Sabbath (Exodus 31:14)?</a> <a href="/q/where's_proof_exiles_thrived_and_returned.htm">Jeremiah 24:5 - If God favored those taken into exile, where is the clear evidence that they flourished in Babylon and returned as promised?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/nehemiah/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - Did not your fathers thus? The desecration of the sabbath is among the sins most strongly denounced by Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21-27</a>)and Ezekiel <a href="/commentaries/nehemiah/13-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Did not הֲל֨וֹא (hă·lō·w) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no your forefathers אֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם (’ă·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father do עָשׂוּ֙ (‘ā·śū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make the same things, כֹ֤ה (ḵōh) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now so that our God אֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative brought וַיָּבֵ֨א (way·yā·ḇê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every this הַזֹּ֔את (haz·zōṯ) Article | Pronoun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, disaster הָרָעָ֣ה (hā·rā·‘āh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil on us עָלֵ֗ינוּ (‘ā·lê·nū) Preposition | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against and on וְעַ֖ל (wə·‘al) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against this הַזֹּ֑את (haz·zōṯ) Article | Pronoun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, city? הָעִ֣יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement And now וְאַתֶּ֞ם (wə·’at·tem) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you you are rekindling מוֹסִיפִ֤ים (mō·w·sî·p̄îm) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go His wrath חָרוֹן֙ (ḥā·rō·wn) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2740.htm">Strong's 2740: </a> A burning of anger against עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc by profaning לְחַלֵּ֖ל (lə·ḥal·lêl) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm">Strong's 2490: </a> To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play the Sabbath!” הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ (haš·šab·bāṯ) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7676.htm">Strong's 7676: </a> Intermission, the Sabbath <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/nehemiah/13-18.htm">Nehemiah 13:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/nehemiah/13-18.htm">Nehemiah 13:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/nehemiah/13-18.htm">Nehemiah 13:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/nehemiah/13-18.htm">Nehemiah 13:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/nehemiah/13-18.htm">Nehemiah 13:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/nehemiah/13-18.htm">Nehemiah 13:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/nehemiah/13-18.htm">Nehemiah 13:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/nehemiah/13-18.htm">Nehemiah 13:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/nehemiah/13-18.htm">Nehemiah 13:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/nehemiah/13-18.htm">Nehemiah 13:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-18.htm">OT History: Nehemiah 13:18 Didn't your fathers do thus and did (Neh Ne) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/nehemiah/13-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 13:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 13:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/nehemiah/13-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 13:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 13:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>