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Jeremiah 17

Jer. 17:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thus saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
; Take heed
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
to yourselves
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
, and bear
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
no burden
massa' (Hebrew #4853)
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire
KJV usage: burden, carry away, prophecy, X they set, song, tribute.
Pronounce: mas-saw'
Origin: from 5375
on the sabbath
shabbath (Hebrew #7676)
intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
KJV usage: (+ every) sabbath.
Pronounce: shab-bawth'
Origin: intensive from 7673
day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
n, nor bring
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
it in by the gates
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
of Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
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Neh. 13:19• 19{i}And it came to pass, that when it began to be dark in the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut; and I commanded that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath. And I set some of my servants at the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the Sabbath day.{/i} (Neh. 13:19)

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Deut. 4:9,15,23• 9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons.
 15{i}And take great heed to your souls (for ye saw no form on the day that Jehovah spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire),{/i}
 23{i}Take heed to yourselves lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves a graven image, the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee.{/i} (Deut. 4:9,15,23)
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Deut. 11:16• 16{i}Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside and serve other gods, and bow down to them,{/i} (Deut. 11:16)
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Josh. 23:11• 11{i}Take great heed therefore unto your souls, that ye love Jehovah your God.{/i} (Josh. 23:11)
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Prov. 4:23• 23Keep thy heart more than all thou guardest;{HR}For out of it are the issues of life. (Prov. 4:23)
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Mark 4:24• 24{i}And{/i} he said to them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you [that hear] shall more be added. (Mark 4:24)
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Luke 8:18• 18Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and whosoever hath not, even that which he seemeth to have shall be taken from him. (Luke 8:18)
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Acts 20:28• 28Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit set you overseers to tend the assembly of God, which he purchased with his own blood. (Acts 20:28)
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Heb. 2:1‑3• 1For this reason we ought to give heed more abundantly to the things heard, lest in any way we should be carried away.
 2For if the word spoken by angels was made firm, and every transgression and disobedience received just retribution,
 3how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which, having begun to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those that heard, (Heb. 2:1‑3)
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Heb. 12:15‑16• 15looking carefully lest [there be] Anyone falling short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up give trouble and through it [the] many be defiled;
 16lest [there be] any fornicator or profane one as Esau who for one meal sold his own birthright; (Heb. 12:15‑16)
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Jer. 17:22‑27• 22{i}and carry forth no burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day, neither do any work; but hallow ye the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers,{/i}
 23{i}but they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but hardened their neck, that they might not hear nor receive instruction.{/i}
 24{i}And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith Jehovah, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and to hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein;{/i}
 25{i}then shall there enter in, through the gates of this city, kings and princes sitting upon 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 city shall be inhabited for ever.{/i}
 26{i}And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places around Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the hill-country, and from the south, bringing burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, and oblations, and incense, and bringing thanksgiving unto the house of Jehovah.{/i}
 27{i}But if ye will not hearken unto me, to hallow the Sabbath day and not to bear a burden and enter in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.{/i} (Jer. 17:22‑27)
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Num. 15:32‑36• 32And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the seventh day.
 33And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
 34{i}And they put him in custody, for it was not declared what should be done to him.{/i}
 35And Jehovah said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death. All the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
 36{i}And the whole assembly led him outside the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died, as Jehovah had commanded Moses{/i}. (Num. 15:32‑36)
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Neh. 13:15‑21• 15In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also, wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
 16There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the Sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
 17Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the Sabbath day?
 18Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath.
 19{i}And it came to pass, that when it began to be dark in the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut; and I commanded that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath. And I set some of my servants at the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the Sabbath day.{/i}
 20{i}And the dealers and sellers of all kind of ware passed the night without Jerusalem once or twice.{/i}
 21{i}And I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye pass the night before the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth they came not on the Sabbath.{/i} (Neh. 13:15‑21)
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John 5:9‑12• 9And immediately the man became well and took up his couch and walked. And on that day was Sabbath.
 10The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is Sabbath, and it is not allowed thee to take up thy couch.
 11He answered them, He that made me well, the same said to me, Take up thy couch and walk.
 12They asked him [therefore], Who is the man that said to thee, Take up [thy couch] and walk? (John 5:9‑12)

J. N. Darby Translation

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thus saith Jehovah: Take heed to your souls, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, and bring nothing in through the gates of Jerusalem;

W. Kelly Translation

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thus saith Jehovah: Take heed to your souls, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, and bring nothing in through the gates of Jerusalem;

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)