Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me.

Ten days later the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.

From the time your ancestors departed the land of Egypt until now, I sent my servants the prophets to you again and again, day after day.

Do not carry any loads out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day. But observe the Sabbath day as a day set apart to the Lord, as I commanded your ancestors.

It lasted until the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year. On that day they broke through the city walls.

“Yet in days to come I will reverse Elam’s ill fortune.” says the Lord.

On the day after Gedaliah had been murdered, before anyone even knew about it,

He was given daily provisions by the king of Babylon for the rest of his life until the day he died.

The Lord says, ‘You must make sure to obey me. You must not bring any loads through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day. You must set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not do any work on that day.

So Jeremiah remained confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse until the day Jerusalem was captured.The following events occurred when Jerusalem was captured.

Yet in days to come I will reverse Moab’s ill fortune.” says the Lord. The judgment against Moab ends here.

For I solemnly warned your ancestors to obey me. I warned them again and again, ever since I delivered them out of Egypt until this very day.

“I, Lord, make the following promise: ‘I have made a covenant with the day and with the night that they will always come at their proper times. Only if you people could break that covenant

Why did I ever come forth from my mother’s womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame.

The Lord says, ‘Be very careful if you value your lives! Do not carry any loads in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.

The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you will come to understand this.

Kill all her soldiers! Let them be slaughtered! They are doomed, for their day of reckoning has come, the time for them to be punished.”

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.

Yet in days to come I will reverse Ammon’s ill fortune.” says the Lord.

But you must obey me and set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not carry any loads in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. If you disobey, I will set the gates of Jerusalem on fire. It will burn down all the fortified dwellings in Jerusalem and no one will be able to put it out.’”