14. Lord, heal me and I will be completely well; rescue me and I will be perfectly safe. You are the one I praise!
15. The people say to me, “Where are those threats the Lord made against us? Let him carry them out now!”
16. But, Lord, I never urged you to bring disaster on them; I did not wish a time of trouble for them. Lord, you know this; you know what I have said.
17. Do not be a terror to me; you are my place of safety when trouble comes.
18. Bring disgrace on those who persecute me, but spare me, Lord. Fill them with terror, but do not terrify me. Bring disaster on them and break them to pieces.
19. The Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, go and announce my message at the People's Gate, through which the kings of Judah enter and leave the city; then go to all the other gates of Jerusalem.
20. Tell the kings and all the people of Judah and everyone who lives in Jerusalem and enters these gates, to listen to what I say.
21. Tell them that if they love their lives, they must not carry any load on the Sabbath; they must not carry anything in through the gates of Jerusalem
22. or carry anything out of their houses on the Sabbath. They must not work on the Sabbath; they must observe it as a sacred day, as I commanded their ancestors.
23. Their ancestors did not listen to me or pay any attention. Instead, they became stubborn; they would not obey me or learn from me.