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Hallow the Sabbath Day

19 Thus the Lord said to me: “Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
20 and say to them, a‘Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter by these gates.  
21 Thus says the Lord: a“Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;  
22 nor carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day, nor do any work, but hallow the Sabbath day, as I acommanded your fathers.  
23 aBut they did not obey nor incline their ear, but1 made their neck stiff, that they might not hear nor receive instruction.  
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Connect these verses with Ezekiel 20. Ezekiel 20 is directed at Israel. Jeremiah 17 is God's admonition to the Jews. What does He say in Ezekiel 20? Why did they go into captivity? They went into captivity because of their failure to keep the Sabbath and their idolatry. Did the Jews go into captivity? Did they keep the Sabbath? No, they didn't! They were warned, but they didn't heed. And so the lesson is clear again that those who misuse the Sabbath lose their liberty.

So, cessation from work is an essential element of keeping the Sabbath. Again, remember that is derived from Genesis 2 and Exodus 20. The redemption motif is derived from Deuteronomy 5 and from Jesus' use—the examples that He gives us in the New Testament.

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