11. So I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is the house of God forsaken?” And I gathered them together and set them in their place.
12. Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil to the storehouse.
13. And I appointed as treasurers over the storehouse Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were considered faithful, and their task was to distribute to their brethren.
14. Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its services!
15. In those days I saw people in Judah treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I warned them about the day on which they were selling provisions.