Jeremiah 17:19-27

The Sabbath Day. The general tone and emphasis of this paragraph, which makes a particular ceremonial ordinance the condition of permanent survival, relate it rather to the period of Nehemiah 13:15 than to that of Jeremiah. The prophecy is uttered in the gate (Jeremiah 7:2), because of the Sabbath traffic through it; nothing is known of this particular gate. In Jeremiah 17:21 and Jeremiah 17:25 read as mg.; omit and princes in Jeremiah 17:25; Jeremiah 17:26 designates the districts around the small post-exilic community, viz. the lowland or Shephelah, towards Philistia, the hill-country around Hebron, and the south, the country S. of Judah (pp. 31f.). For the burnt-offering, and sacrifice (i.e peace-offering) see Exodus 20:24; for the meal-offering (mg.), Leviticus 2:1 ff.; for the frankincense, Jeremiah 6:20; for the thanksgiving offering, Leviticus 7:12; Jeremiah 17:27 b is drawn from the refrain of Amos 1:3; Amos 2:5; cf. Jeremiah 21:14; Jeremiah 49:27; Jeremiah 50:32.