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Jeremiah 17:19

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Observance of the Sabbath Day Is a Key to the Future35

17:19The Lord told me, “Go and stand in the People’s Gate36 through which the kings of Judah enter and leave the city. Then go and stand in all the other gates of the city of Jerusalem.37

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  1. 35 Observance of the Sabbath day (and the Sabbatical year) appears to have been a litmus test of the nation’s spirituality since it is mentioned in a number of passages besides this one (cf., e.g., Isa 56:2, 6; 58:13; Neh 13:15–18). Perhaps this is because the Sabbath day was the sign of the Mosaic covenant (Exod 31:13–17) just as the rainbow was the sign of the Noahic covenant (Gen 9:12, 13, 17) and circumcision was the sign of the Abrahamic covenant (Gen 17:11). This was not the only command they failed to obey, nor was their failure to obey this one the sole determining factor in the Lord’s decision to destroy Judah (cf. 7:23–24; 11:7–8 in their contexts).
  2. 36 The identity and location of the People’s Gate is uncertain since it is mentioned nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible. Some identify it with the Benjamin Gate mentioned in Jer 37:13; 38:7 (cf. ), but there is no textual support for this in the Hebrew Bible or in any of the ancient versions.
  3. 37 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Thus said the Lord to me: “Go and stand in the People’s Gate, by which the kings of Judah enter and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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; stand also at all the other gates of Jerusalem.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

This is what the Lord said to me, “Go and stand at the People’s Gate, through which the kings of Judah enter and leave, as well as at all the gates of Jerusalem.

NLTNew Living Translation

This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and stand in the gates of Jerusalem, first in the gate where the king goes in and out, and then in each of the other gates.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Thus said Yahweh to me, “Go, and you must stand in the People’s Gate through which the kings of Judah enter, and through which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thus said the Lord unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;