12. A throne of glory, exalted from the beginning,such is our holy place.
13. O Hope of Israel, Lord!all who forsake you shall be put to shame;The rebels shall be enrolled in the netherworld;they have forsaken the Lord, source of living waters.
14. Heal me, Lord, that I may be healed;save me, that I may be saved,for you are my praise.
15. See how they say to me,“Where is the word of the Lord?Let it come to pass!”
16. Yet I did not press you to send disaster;the day without remedy I have not desired.You know what passed my lips;it is present before you.
17. Do not become a terror to me,you are my refuge in the day of disaster.
18. Let my persecutors be confounded—not me!let them be terrified—not me!Bring upon them the day of disaster,crush them with double destruction.
19. Thus said the Lord to me: Go, stand at the Gate of Benjamin, where the kings of Judah enter and leave, and at the other gates of Jerusalem.
20. There say to them: Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all you inhabitants of Jerusalem who enter these gates!
21. Thus says the Lord: As you love your lives, take care not to carry burdens on the sabbath, to bring them in through the gates of Jerusalem.
22. Bring no burden from your homes on the sabbath. Do no work whatever, but keep holy the sabbath day, as I commanded your ancestors,