Nehemiah 13:14

Nehemiah was a man who prayed often. He always wanted to do the right thing for God and for God’s work. So he prayed that the gifts for the *temple would continue.

v15 In those days, I saw that men in *Judah were working on the 7th day of the week. (But the 7th day of the week should be a holy day for rest.) They were squeezing juice out of fruit to make wine. Also, some men were bringing grain and they were loading it on horses. They also brought wine, fruit and other loads into Jerusalem. And they were doing this work on the 7th day. I warned them, ‘Do not sell food on this day.’

v16 Some men from the city called Tyre lived in Jerusalem. They brought fish and all kinds of goods into Jerusalem. Then they sold these things in Jerusalem on the 7th day to the people of *Judah. v17 Then I told the important men in *Judah, ‘You should not be doing this wicked thing. You are spoiling the 7th day.’ v18 Your *ancestors did the same thing. That is why God allowed bad things to happen to us and to this city. Now you are making him angry with *Israel again, because you are spoiling the 7th day.