²¹Thus says Yahweh, “Be on your guard for the sake of yourselves, that you must not carry a burden on the day of the Sabbath, and you must not bring itⁿ through the gates of Jerusalem. ²²And you must not carry a burden from your houses on the day of the Sabbath, and you must not do any work. But you must declare holy the day of Sabbath, just as I commanded your ancestors.^o ²³Yet they did not listen, and they did not incline their ear, and they hardened their neck so as to not hear, nor to receive discipline.

²⁴“And it will happen, if you carefully listen to me,” declares^p Yahweh, “to bring no burden through the gates of this city on the day of the Sabbath, but to declare holy the day of Sabbath, not to do on it any work, ²⁵then kings and officials who sit on the throne of David will enter through the gates of this city riding in chariots^q and on horses, they, and their officials, the people of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.^r ²⁶And they will come from the towns of Judah, and from all around Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the Shephelah, and from the hill country, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings,^s and sacrifices,^t and grain offerings,^u and frankincense, and bringing thank offerings^v to the house of Yahweh. ²⁷But if you do not listen to me, to declare holy the day of the Sabbath, and to not carry a burden and enter through the gates of Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it will not be quenched.” ’ ”

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Footnotes

nHere the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
oOr “fathers”
pLiterally “a declaration of”
qHebrew “chariot”
rLiterally “to eternity”
sHebrew “burnt offering”
tHebrew “sacrifice”
uHebrew “grain offering”
vHebrew “thank offering”