17 Don’t terrorize me;you are my refuge in time of disaster.
18 Let my tormentors be disgraced, but not me;let them be terrorized, but not me.Bring on them the time of disaster,as they deserve; destroy them repeatedly.
19 The Lord proclaimed to me: Go and stand by the People’s Gate where Judah’s kings go in and out, and then by all the gates of Jerusalem,
20 and say to them: Listen to the Lord’s word, you kings of Judah, all you people of Judah, and anyone living in Jerusalem who passes through these gates.
21 The Lord says: Be on guard not to carry a load on the Sabbath day or conduct business at the gates of Jerusalem.
22 Don’t carry a load from your houses or do any kind of work on the Sabbath day. Rather, keep the Sabbath day holy as I commanded your ancestors,
23 although they didn’t listen or pay attention. They were stubborn and wouldn’t obey or accept correction.