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23 Yet they (A)did not listen or incline their ears, but (B)stiffened their necks in order not to listen or receive discipline.

24 “But it will be, if you (C)listen carefully to Me,” declares Yahweh, “to (D)bring no load in through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, (E)but to keep the sabbath day holy by doing no work on it, 25 (F)then there will come in through the gates of this city kings and princes [a](G)sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this (H)city will be inhabited forever.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:25 Or inhabiting, cf. 17:25b

23 Yet they did not listen or pay attention;(A) they were stiff-necked(B) and would not listen or respond to discipline.(C) 24 But if you are careful to obey me, declares the Lord, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy(D) by not doing any work on it, 25 then kings who sit on David’s throne(E) will come through the gates of this city with their officials. They and their officials will come riding in chariots and on horses, accompanied by the men of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.(F)

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