Yeremia 17:23

17:23 Your ancestors, ¹  however, did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They stubbornly refused ²  to pay attention or to respond to any discipline.’

Yeremia 17:27

17:27 But you must obey me and set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not carry any loads in through ³  the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. If you disobey, I will set the gates of Jerusalem on fire. It will burn down all the fortified dwellings in Jerusalem and no one will be able to put it out.’”

Yeremia 33:20

33:20 “I, Lord, make the following promise: ⁴  ‘I have made a covenant with the day ⁵  and with the night that they will always come at their proper times. Only if you people ⁶  could break that covenant

Yeremia 35:9

35:9 We have not built any houses to live in. We do not own any vineyards, fields, or crops.

[17:23]  ¹ tn Heb “They.” The antecedent is spelled out to avoid any possible confusion.

[17:23]  ² tn Heb “They hardened [or made stiff] their neck so as not to.”

[17:27]  ³ tn Heb “carry loads on the Sabbath and bring [them] in through.” The translation treats the two verbs “carry” and “bring in” are an example of hendiadys (see the note on “through” in 17:21).

[33:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “Thus says the Lord.” However, the Lord is speaking so the first person introduction has again been adopted. The content of the verse shows that it is a promise to David (vv. 21-22) and the Levites based on a contrary to fact condition (v. 20). See further the translator’s note at the end of the next verse for explanation of the English structure adopted here.

[33:20]  ⁵ tn The word יוֹמָם (yomam) is normally an adverb meaning “daytime, by day, daily.” However, here and in v. 25 and in Jer 15:9 it means “day, daytime” (cf. BDB 401 s.v. יוֹמָם 1).

[33:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “you.” The pronoun is plural as in 32:36, 43; 33:10.