13. Lord, the hope of Israel,all who forsake you will suffer disgrace;those who turn away from you in the landwill be written off,for they have abandoned the Lord, the fountain of living water.
14. Heal me, Lord, and I’ll be healed.Save me and I’ll be saved,for you are my heart’s desire.
15. See how they harass me:"Where’s the Lord’s word?Let it come now!"
16. Yet I didn’t urge you to bring disaster;I didn’t want the calamity to happen.You know what comes out of my mouth;it’s always before you.
17. Don’t terrorize me;you are my refuge in time of disaster.
18. Let my tormentors be disgraced, but not me;let them be terrorized, but not me.Bring on them the time of disaster,as they deserve; destroy them repeatedly.
19. The Lord proclaimed to me: Go and stand by the People’s Gate where Judah’s kings go in and out, and then by all the gates of Jerusalem,
20. and say to them: Listen to the Lord’s word, you kings of Judah, all you people of Judah, and anyone living in Jerusalem who passes through these gates.
21. The Lord says: Be on guard not to carry a load on the Sabbath day or conduct business at the gates of Jerusalem.
22. Don’t carry a load from your houses or do any kind of work on the Sabbath day. Rather, keep the Sabbath day holy as I commanded your ancestors,
23. although they didn’t listen or pay attention. They were stubborn and wouldn’t obey or accept correction.
24. If you are careful to obey me, declares the Lord, and don’t conduct business at the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, if you keep the Sabbath day holy by not working,
25. then through the gates of this city will come kings who occupy the throne of David and their officers, all riding on chariots and horses. They will be accompanied by the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem. And this city will always be inhabited.
26. Others will come from the towns of Judah and Benjamin, from all around Jerusalem, and from the western foothills, the highlands, and the arid southern plain—they will come bringing entirely burned offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings, incense, and thanksgiving offerings to the Lord’s temple.
27. But if you don’t obey me by keeping the Sabbath day holy, if you carry your loads and conduct your business at the gates of Jerusalem as usual, then I will set fire to those gates that will completely engulf the fortresses of Jerusalem; it will not be put out.