Jeremiah 17:27

But if ye will not hearken unto me ,.... With respect to this particular point, more especially:

to hallow the sabbath day ; to keep it holy to the Lord in a religious way, in the exercise of the duties of religion, both public and private:

and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day ; or, "and go through"; or, so as "to go through" F12 ובא בש "et intretis per portas", Cocceius, Schmidt. &c; and may intend either one and the same thing, namely entering in at the gates with a burden upon the shoulders; or two things, bearing a burden, and carrying it any where in or out of the city; and an unnecessary passing and repassing through the gates of the city, whether a man has or has not a burden upon him, since the sabbath might be violated either way:

then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof ; where the prophet was to publish all this, and where the people sinned by passing and repassing, and carrying burdens in and out on the sabbath day:

and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem ; the king's palace, and the palaces of the princes and nobles, as well as the cottages of the poorer sort:

and it shall not be quenched ; until it has utterly destroyed the city: this was fulfilled by the Chaldeans, Jeremiah 52:13 . The Jews say there is no fire kindled but where the sabbath is profaned; and that Jerusalem was destroyed because they profaned the sabbath F13 T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 119. 2. .