Nehemiah 13:18 meaning and explanation
Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”
Nehemiah 13:18, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Nehemiah is speaking to the nobles of Judah after he returns to Jerusalem and finds merchants and workers treating the Sabbath like any other day. He points back to the nation's history: the exile came because earlier generations had ignored God's commands, and the same pattern is starting again.
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