“In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.”
The discovery that merchants and traders were conducting business in Jerusalem on the Sabbath indicates violation of the covenant commitment made in Chapter 10:31 regarding Sabbath observance and separation from commercial activity. The selling of wine, grapes, fish, and various goods on the Sabbath demonstrates breach of covenant regarding the holy day's sanctity and proper observance. The presence of merchants and traders from Tyre conducting business indicates foreign influence violating Sabbath requirements. This verse demonstrates that violations of covenant commitments regarding Sabbath observance had emerged despite the solemn pledges of Chapter 10.
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