Jeremiah 17:27

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Jeremiah 17:27

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Summary

But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

Ye will

Hebrews 12:25

To hallow

Jeremiah 17:21

Ezekiel 22:8

Then

Shall devour

Amos 2:5

Shall not

Mark 9:43

General references

Leviticus 26:14

Ezekiel 20:20

Bible References

Ye will

But it will come about, if you listen attentively to me, declares Jehovah, to bring no load in through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to keep the Sabbath day holy by doing no work on it,

I set watchmen over you. I said: 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet! But they said: 'We will not listen!'

Jehovah told me to say to the people: 'I Jehovah said that you must obey me by following the teaching that I gave you.

We refuse to listen to what you have told us in the name of Jehovah.

Refuse and rebel and swords will devour you. Jehovah has spoken.

They refused to pay heed, turned a stubborn shoulder (resisted), and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

Be careful, then, and do not refuse to hear him who speaks. Those who refused to hear the one who gave the divine message on earth did not escape. How much less shall we escape then, if we turn away from the one who speaks from heaven!

To hallow

Jehovah says: 'Take heed for yourselves, and do not carry any load on the Sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem.

You have despised my holy things and dishonored (profaned the Sabbath) the day to worship me.

Then

You will lose the inheritance that I gave you. I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you have not heard of. I will do this because you have stirred up the fire of my anger. It will burn for a very long time.

O house of David, Jehovah says: Administer justice every morning. Deliver the person who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. That way I may not have to offer my wrath like fire and burn with none to extinguish it, because of the evil of your deeds.'

The Babylonians who are attacking this city will break in, set this city on fire, and burn it down. They will burn down the houses of people who made me furious by going up to the roofs to burn incense to Baal and to pour out wine offerings to other gods.'

Jehovah has shown me in a vision what will happen if you refuse to surrender.

I will set fire to your city walls and burn down the fortresses King Benhadad built.

My anger has started a fire that will burn into the depths of the grave. It will consume the earth and its crops and set the foundations of the mountains on fire.

This wickedness is like a brushfire. It burns not only briers and thorns but the forests, too. It sends up vast clouds of smoke.

Jehovah has given full vent to his rage. He has poured out his burning anger. He set a fire in Zion causing the destruction of its foundation.

They will burn your houses with fire and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women. Then I will stop you from playing the harlot. You will also no longer pay your lovers.

Tell the forest in the Negev: 'Listen to the word of Jehovah. This is what the Lord Jehovah says: I am about to set fire to you to destroy all your green trees and all your dry trees. The blazing fire will not be put out. It will burn the whole land from the south to the north.

I will send fire to the house of Hazael and it will devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

I will send a fire to Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth. Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet!

Shall devour

The Babylonians burned down the royal palace and the houses of the people and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.

He burned down Jehovah's Temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. Every important building was burned down.

He had the Temple of Jehovah, the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire.

He burned down the Temple and the city, with all its palaces and its wealth, and broke down the city wall.

I will send fire upon Judah and it will devour the fortified buildings of Jerusalem.

Shall not

Therefore the Lord Jehovah says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. It will burn and not be quenched.

I will do this because they abandoned me. They sacrificed to other gods in order to make me furious. Therefore, my burning anger against this place will never be extinguished.'

Strong people will become tinder for a fire. Their work will be the spark. Both of them will burn together. There will be no one to put out the fire.

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It would be better to enter into life maimed then, having two hands to be destroyed in the ever-burning trash fires in the Valley of Hinnom. (Greek: Gehenna)

General references

If you will not listen to me and obey all these commandments,

Sanctify my Sabbaths. They shall be a sign between you, and me that you may know that I am Jehovah your God.'