²¹ This is what the Lord says: Be careful not to ·carry [lift] a ·load [burden] on the Sabbath day or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem. ²² Don’t take a ·load [burden] out of your houses on the Sabbath or do any work on that day. But keep the Sabbath as a holy day, as I commanded your ·ancestors [fathers; Ex. 20:8–11; 31:12–18; Deut. 5:12–15]. ²³ But your ·ancestors [fathers] did not listen or ·pay attention [^Lincline their ear] to me. They ·were very stubborn [^Lstiffened their necks] and did not listen. ·I punished them, but it didn’t do any good [^LThey did not take instruction/discipline].