19Thus the LORD said to me: Go and stand in the gate of the sons of the people by which the kings of Judah come in and by which they come out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem.20And you shall say to them: Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and all Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem who come in these gates.21Thus says the LORD: Guard your souls, and do not lift a burden on the Sabbath day or bring it into the gates of Jerusalem.22And do not bring out a burden from your houses on the Sabbath day, and do not do any work, but consecrate the Sabbath day as I commanded your fathers.23Yet they did not listen and did not incline their ear, but stiffened their neck so that they would not hear and would not take discipline.24And it shall be, if you indeed listen to me, declares the LORD, by not bringing a burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day and by consecrating the Sabbath day so that you do not do any work in it,25then kings and rulers shall come in the gates of this city, sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses—they and their rulers, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem—and this city shall be inhabited forever.26And they shall come from the cities of Judah and from the regions around Jerusalem and from the land of Benjamin and from the Shephelah and from the mountain and from the Negeb, bringing burnt offering and sacrifice and offering and frankincense, and bringing thanksgiving to the house of the LORD.27But if you do not listen to me by consecrating the Sabbath day and by not lifting a burden or coming in the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem and will not be quenched.