Nehemiah 13:18 - Exposition

Did not your fathers thus? The desecration of the sabbath is among the sins most strongly denounced by Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 17:21-27 )and Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 20:13 ; Ezekiel 22:8 , Ezekiel 22:26 , etc.). And did not our God bring all this evil upon us and upon this city? God had said by Jeremiah, "If ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched" ( Jeremiah 17:27 ). The burning of the city by Nebuzaradan was the performance of this threat.