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Nehemiah 13:17

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15 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.

16 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?

18 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!”

19 When 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.

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BSB
Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
KJV
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
WEB
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day?
ASV
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
DARBY
And I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this which ye do, profaning the sabbath day?
BLB
And I contended with the nobles of Judah, and I said to them, “What [is] this evil thing that you⁺ are doing, and profaning the day of the Sabbath?
ÅB
Da gikk jeg i rette med de fornemme i Juda og sa til dem: Hvordan kan dere bære dere så ille at og vanhellige sabbatsdagen?
OTB
Jeg irettesatte Judas adelsmenn og sa: "Hva er dette onde dere gjør—vanhelliger sabbatsdagen?
B1930
Da gikk jeg i rette med de fornemme i Juda og sa til dem: Hvorledes kan I bære eder så ille at og vanhellige sabbatsdagen?

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 13:11

    So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts,

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  • Nehemiah 13:25

    I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

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  • Jeremiah 22:2–23

    saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David—you and your officials and your people who enter these gates.

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  • Micah 3:9

    Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,

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  • Psalms 82:1–2

    God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:

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  • Micah 3:1

    Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?

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  • Jeremiah 5:5

    I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

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  • Jeremiah 13:18

    Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”

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