Verse Lens · Context pointer
Jeremiah 17:22 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 22. 22Neither 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.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Jeremiah states or reports “Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work,…” at Jeremiah 17:22 as a specific part of “The Gate Sermon Tests Sabbath Practice.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 17:19–27
Read Jeremiah 17:22 inside Jeremiah 17:19–27. The prophetic word through Jeremiah states or reports “Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work,…” at Jeremiah 17:22 as a specific part of “The Gate Sermon Tests Sabbath Practice.” The complete unit establishes: Jeremiah addresses kings and residents at Jerusalem's gates, tying Sabbath burden-bearing to the city's future and warning of unquenched fire.
Why It Needs Context
The prophetic word through Jeremiah states or reports “Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work,…” at Jeremiah 17:22 as a specific part of “The Gate Sermon Tests Sabbath Practice.” Its force depends on the complete movement and outcome of Jeremiah 17:19–27; the isolated line is connective rather than a complete teaching claim.
Continue in Context
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Read Jeremiah 17:19–27 — The Gate Sermon Tests Sabbath PracticeSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 17:19–27, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 17:19–27
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