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Jeremiah 17:27

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

Jeremiah 17:27 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 17:27

Theological / Devotional

Not hearken. That the failure of the Israelites to observe the Sabbath did bring this tragic result is witnessed in 2 Kings 25:9.

Quenched. Not that the fire would burn without ceasing, but rather that the “fire” of God’s retributive justice could not be extinguished until it fully accomplished the divine purpose. Jerusalem was destroyed by fire both by the Babylonians, in 586 B.C., and by the Romans, in A.D. 70; and in both cases no human efforts were able to stop the conflagration until its appointed work of destruction was completed.

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