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Stop carrying on your trade at Jerusalem’s gates on the Sabbath day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/17.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD: Take care for the sake of your lives, and do not bear a burden on the Sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring <i>it</i> in by the gates of Jerusalem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD: “Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring <i>it</i> in by the gates of Jerusalem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Take care for yourselves, and do not carry <i>any</i> load on the Sabbath day or bring <i>anything</i> in through the gates of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Thus says the LORD, &#8220Take heed for yourselves, and do not carry any load on the sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Thus says the LORD, “Take heed for yourselves, and do not carry any load on the sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Thus says Yahweh, “Take care of yourselves, and do not carry any load on the sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD, “Pay attention for your own good, [and for the sake of your future] do not carry any load on the Sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: Watch yourselves; do not pick up a load and bring it in through Jerusalem’s gates on the Sabbath day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: Watch yourselves; do not pick up a load and bring it in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus saith Jehovah, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: Watch out! If you value your lives, do not carry anything on the day of worship or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Tell them that if they love their lives, they must not carry any load on the Sabbath; they must not carry anything in through the gates of Jerusalem <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: "Be careful! On the Sabbath day, don't carry any load or bring anything through the gates of Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD says, 'Be very careful if you value your lives! Do not carry any loads in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD, "Be careful, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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;<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh says, “Be careful, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus said YHWH: “Take heed to yourselves, "" And you do not bear a burden on the day of rest, "" Nor have you brought [it] in by the gates of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thus said Jehovah, Take ye heed to yourselves, And ye bear not a burden on the day of rest, Nor have ye brought it in by the gates of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thus said Jehovah: Watch ye in your souls, and ye shall not lift up a lifting up in the day of the Sabbath, and bring in by the gates of Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord: Take heed to your souls and carry no burdens on the Sabbath day: and bring them not in by the gates of Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Thus says the Lord: “Guard your souls, and do not choose to carry heavy things on the day of the Sabbath, nor should you carry these things through the gates of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD: As you love your lives, take care not to carry burdens on the sabbath, to bring them in through the gates of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD: For the sake of your lives, take care that you do not bear a burden on the sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD: Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day nor bring it in through the gates of Jerusalem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Thus says LORD JEHOVAH: “Beware among yourselves, and you shall not carry a burden on the day of the Sabbath and enter into the gates of Jerusalem!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />thus saith the LORD: Take heed for the sake of your souls, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />thus saith the Lord; Take heed to your souls, and take up no burdens on the sabbath-day, and go not forth <i>through</i> the gates of Jerusalem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=5220" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/17.htm">The Sabbath Renewed</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">20</span>Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusalem who enter through these gates. <span class="reftext">21</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: hiš·šā·mə·rū (V-Nifal-Imp-mp) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">Take heed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: bə·nap̄·šō·w·ṯê·ḵem (Prep-b:: N-fpc:: 2mp) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">for yourselves;</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: wə·’al- (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: tiś·’ū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">carry</a> <a href="/hebrew/4853.htm" title="4853: maś·śā (N-ms) -- From nasa'; a burden; specifically, tribute, or porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire.">a load</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wa·hă·ḇê·ṯem (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">or bring it</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: bə·ša·‘ă·rê (Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">through the gates</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">of Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/7676.htm" title="7676: haš·šab·bāṯ (Art:: N-cs) -- Sabbath. Intensive from shabath; intermission, i.e the Sabbath.">on the Sabbath</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bə·yō·wm (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day.</a> </span><span class="reftext">22</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/13-15.htm">Nehemiah 13:15-22</a></span><br />In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day. / Additionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem. / Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Exodus 20:8-11</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-12.htm">Deuteronomy 5:12-15</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-2.htm">Isaiah 56:2</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-13.htm">Isaiah 58:13-14</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Ezekiel 20:12-24</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-1.htm">Matthew 12:1-8</a></span><br />At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. / When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.” / Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/2-23.htm">Mark 2:23-28</a></span><br />One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along. / So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” / Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-1.htm">Luke 6:1-5</a></span><br />One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them. / But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” / Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-9.htm">John 5:9-18</a></span><br />Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day, / so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.” / But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-22.htm">John 7:22-23</a></span><br />But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.) / If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-28.htm">Acts 15:28-29</a></span><br />It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements: / You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-5.htm">Romans 14:5-6</a></span><br />One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. / He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a></span><br />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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Thus said the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;</p><p class="hdg">Take.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-9.htm">Deuteronomy 4:9,15,23</a></b></br> Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">Deuteronomy 11:16</a></b></br> Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/23-11.htm">Joshua 23:11</a></b></br> Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.</p><p class="hdg">bear.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/17-22.htm">Jeremiah 17:22-27</a></b></br> Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/15-32.htm">Numbers 15:32-36</a></b></br> And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/13-15.htm">Nehemiah 13:15-21</a></b></br> In those days saw I in Judah <i>some</i> treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all <i>manner of</i> burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified <i>against them</i> in the day wherein they sold victuals… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/17-8.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-2.htm">Burden</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-8.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-13.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-20.htm">Doors</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-20.htm">Gates</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-15.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-20.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-1.htm">Load</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-3.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-23.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-16.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-1.htm">Weight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-18.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/17-27.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-22.htm">Burden</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-24.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-22.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-2.htm">Doors</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-24.htm">Gates</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-18.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-25.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-22.htm">Load</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-22.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-22.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-9.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-27.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-22.htm">Weight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-6.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 17</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/17-1.htm">The captivity of Judah for her sin.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Trust in man is cursed;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/17-7.htm">in God is blessed.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">The deceitful heart cannot deceive God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/17-12.htm">The salvation of God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/17-15.htm">The prophet complains of the mockers of his prophecy.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/17-19.htm">He is sent to renew the covenant in hallowing the Sabbath.</a></span><br></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'; 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It is a common introduction in prophetic literature, indicating that the following words are not merely human opinion but a direct communication from God. This underscores the seriousness and importance of the message, as it comes from the ultimate authority.<p><b>Take heed for yourselves;</b><br>This is a call to personal responsibility and vigilance. The phrase suggests that the people must be attentive and cautious in their actions. It implies that the consequences of disobedience will directly affect them, highlighting the personal nature of the covenant relationship between God and His people.<p><b>do not carry a load</b><br>This refers to the prohibition against work on the Sabbath, as outlined in the Mosaic Law (<a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Exodus 20:8-10</a>). Carrying a load is symbolic of engaging in labor, which was forbidden on the Sabbath to ensure rest and focus on spiritual matters. This command is a reminder of the importance of observing the Sabbath as a sign of the covenant between God and Israel.<p><b>or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem</b><br>The gates of Jerusalem were significant as they were the entry points to the city, often bustling with trade and activity. Bringing loads through the gates on the Sabbath would indicate a continuation of commercial activities, which was contrary to the intended rest and worship. This highlights the need for the community to collectively honor the Sabbath, as the gates were central to the city's life.<p><b>on the Sabbath day.</b><br>The Sabbath was a day set apart for rest and worship, rooted in the creation narrative (<a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2-3</a>) and codified in the Ten Commandments. It served as a weekly reminder of God's creation and deliverance. The emphasis on the Sabbath in this context underscores its role as a covenant sign and a means of maintaining spiritual discipline and community identity. The Sabbath also foreshadows the rest found in Christ (<a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a>), pointing to the ultimate spiritual rest believers have in Him.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who speaks through the prophet Jeremiah, giving commandments and guidance to His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sabbath_day.htm">The Sabbath Day</a></b><br>A day of rest and worship, instituted by God as a sign of the covenant between Him and Israel, observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_gates_of_jerusalem.htm">The Gates of Jerusalem</a></b><br>The entry points to the city of Jerusalem, significant in biblical times for trade, legal matters, and community gatherings.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a></b><br>The audience of Jeremiah's message, who were often disobedient to God's commands, leading to warnings of impending judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>God’s command to refrain from carrying loads on the Sabbath highlights the importance of obedience to His laws. It is a reminder that God’s instructions are for our benefit and spiritual well-being.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sabbath_as_a_sign_of_covenant.htm">The Sabbath as a Sign of Covenant</a></b><br>Observing the Sabbath is a sign of the covenant between God and His people. It is a day set apart to focus on God, rest, and spiritual renewal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_legalism.htm">Guarding Against Legalism</a></b><br>While the Sabbath is important, it is crucial to guard against legalism. The heart of the Sabbath is about rest and relationship with God, not merely rule-following.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/modern_application_of_sabbath_principles.htm">Modern Application of Sabbath Principles</a></b><br>In today’s busy world, the principle of Sabbath rest can be applied by setting aside regular time for rest, worship, and reflection, even if not on the traditional Sabbath day.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_accountability.htm">Community and Accountability</a></b><br>The mention of the gates of Jerusalem suggests a communal aspect to Sabbath observance. Engaging in community worship and accountability can strengthen our spiritual walk.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 17</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_ezekiel_37_25-28_fulfilled_today.htm">How can Ezekiel 37:25-28's everlasting covenant and sanctuary be understood when there seems to be no clear historical or present-day fulfillment matching this depiction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jeremiah_21_2_contradict_divine_protection.htm">How can Jeremiah 21:2 claim the Lord would not rescue Jerusalem when other passages promise divine protection for the city?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_70,000_die_for_david's_census.htm">How is it fair for 70,000 people to die (1 Chronicles 21:14) because of David's census?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_happened_at_the_bible's_city_gate.htm">What events occurred at the city gate in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 21.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Take heed to yourselves</span>; rather, <span class="accented">Take heed heartily</span>, <span class="accented">conscientiously</span>; literally, <span class="accented">in your souls</span>. So in Malachi (<a href="/malachi/2-15.htm">Malachi 2:15, 16</a>), "Take heed in your spirit" (not, "to your spirit," as Authorized Version). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">This is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֚ה</span> <span class="translit">(kōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says:</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Take heed</span><br /><span class="heb">הִשָּׁמְר֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(hiš·šā·mə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for yourselves;</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנַפְשֽׁוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nap̄·šō·w·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">do not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">carry</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּשְׂא֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(tiś·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a load</span><br /><span class="heb">מַשָּׂא֙</span> <span class="translit">(maś·śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4853.htm">Strong's 4853: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burden, tribute, porterage, an utterance, chiefly a, doom, singing, mental, desire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[or] bring it</span><br /><span class="heb">וַהֲבֵאתֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(wa·hă·ḇê·ṯem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">through the gates</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ša·‘ă·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opening, door, gate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Jerusalem</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the Sabbath</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šab·bāṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7676.htm">Strong's 7676: </a> </span><span class="str2">Intermission, the Sabbath</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּי֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/17-21.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 17:21 Thus says Yahweh Take heed to yourselves (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/17-20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 17:20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 17:20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/17-22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 17:22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 17:22" /></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>