Jeremiah 17:21

¹⁹ This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; and stand at all the other gates of Jerusalem.

²⁰ Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusalem who enter through these gates.

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.

²² 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.

²³ Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: 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;
WEB: The LORD says, “Be careful, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.
ASV: Thus saith Jehovah, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
DARBY: thus saith Jehovah: Take heed to your souls, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, and bring nothing in through the gates of Jerusalem;
BLB: Thus says YHWH: Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day to bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.

ÅB: Så sier Herren: Ta dere i vare så sant dere har deres liv kjært, og bær ikke noen byrde og før ikke noen byrde inn gjennom Jerusalems porter på sabbatens dag!
OTB: Dette er hva Herren sier: Ta vare på dere selv, og bær ingen byrde på sabbatsdagen eller bring den gjennom Jerusalems porter.
B1930: Så sier Herren: Ta eder i vare så sant I har eders liv kjært, og bær ikke nogen byrde og før ikke nogen byrde inn gjennem Jerusalems porter på sabbatens dag!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Nehemiah 13:15–21
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.
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Numbers 15:32–36
While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
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John 5:9–12
Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,
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Deuteronomy 4:15
So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful
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Deuteronomy 4:9
Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
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Deuteronomy 4:23
Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
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Deuteronomy 11:16
But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,
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Hebrews 12:15–16
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
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