Jeremiah 17:22

You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The LORD speaks through Jeremiah to the people of Judah and Jerusalem during a period of covenant rebellion, reiterating the Sabbath prohibition first given to their ancestors.

The words — The Hebrew תוֹצִיאוּ (to.Tzi.'u) literally means "you must bring out," paired with מַשּׂא (ma.Sa'), a "burden" or "load" that the command explicitly forbids carrying.

The thread — This restriction against Sabbath labor restates the command in Exodus 20:8 to keep the day holy and aligns with Ezekiel 20:12, where God gives the Sabbaths as a visible sign of His sanctifying work.

Why it lands — The text demands immediate cessation of commercial and domestic labor on the Sabbath, requiring each person to actively refrain from carrying loads and performing work rather than continuing their defiance.

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The Hebrew words

וְלֹא־ve./lo'-and/ not תוֹצִ֨יאוּto.Tzi.'uyou must bring out מַשָּׂ֤אma.Sa'a burden מִבָּֽתֵּיכֶם֙mi./ba.tei./Khemfrom/ houses/ your בְּי֣וֹםbe./Yomon/ [the] day of הַשַּׁבָּ֔תha./sha.Batthe/ sabbath וְכָל־ve./kholand/ any מְלָאכָ֖הme.la.Khahwork לֹ֣אlo'not תַֽעֲשׂ֑וּta.'a.Suyou must do וְקִדַּשְׁתֶּם֙ve./ki.dash.Temand/ you will set apart as holy אֶת־'et-<obj.>י֣וֹםYom[the] day of הַשַּׁבָּ֔תha./sha.Batthe/ sabbath כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka./'a.Sherjust/ as צִוִּ֖יתִיtzi.Vi.tiI commanded אֶת־'et-<obj.>אֲבוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃'a.vo.tei./Khemancestors/ your

King James Version

Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 20:12 I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
Exodus 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
Isaiah 56:2 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
Isaiah 58:13 If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
Exodus 16:23 He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”
Exodus 23:12 For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
Exodus 31:13 “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
Deuteronomy 5:12 Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
Genesis 2:2 And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
Leviticus 19:3 Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.