18. Bring shame and dismay on all who persecute me,but don’t let me experience shame and dismay.Bring a day of terror on them.Yes, bring double destruction upon them!
19. This is what the lord said to me: “Go and stand in the gates of Jerusalem, first in the gate where the king goes in and out, and then in each of the other gates.
20. Say to all the people, ‘Listen to this message from the lord, you kings of Judah and all you people of Judah and everyone living in Jerusalem.
21. This is what the lord says: Listen to my warning! Stop carrying on your trade at Jerusalem’s gates on the Sabbath day.
22. Do not do your work on the Sabbath, but make it a holy day. I gave this command to your ancestors,
23. but they did not listen or obey. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or accept my discipline.
24. “‘But if you obey me, says the lord, and do not carry on your trade at the gates or work on the Sabbath day, and if you keep it holy,