Neh 13:16-19 | ESV | STEP | Tyrians also, who lived in the city, brought in fish and all kinds of goods and sold them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah , in Jerusalem itself!

‏ Nehemiah 13:16-19

16 Tyrians also, who lived in the city, brought in fish and all kinds of goods and sold them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah, in Jerusalem itself! 17 ^aThen I confronted the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, ^bprofaning the Sabbath day? 18 ^cDid not your fathers act in this way, and did not our God bring all this disaster ^{▼▼The Hebrew word can mean evil, harm, or disaster, depending on the context} on us and on this city? Now you are bringing more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.”

19 As soon as it ^ebegan to grow dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and gave orders that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. And I stationed some of my servants at the gates, that no load might be brought in on the Sabbath day.