Nehemiah 13:17-19

Expanded Bible

¹⁷ I ·argued with [reprimanded; confronted] the ·important men [nobles] of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing you are doing? You are ·ruining [desecrating; profaning] the Sabbath day [Ex. 20:8–11; 31:12–17; Deut. 5:8–10]. ¹⁸ ·This is [^LIsn’t this…?] just what your ·ancestors [fathers] did. So our God ·did terrible things to us and [brought on us all this trouble/calamity and on] this city. Now you are ·making him even more angry at [bringing even more wrath on] Israel by ·ruining [desecrating; profaning] the Sabbath day.”

¹⁹ So I ordered that the ·doors [^Lgates of Jerusalem] be shut at ·sunset [^Ldark] before the Sabbath and not be opened until the Sabbath was over. I ·put [^Lstood] my servants at the gates so no load could come in on the Sabbath.