Nehemiah 13:17-20

Rotherham(i) 17 so I contended with the nobles of Judah,––and said unto them, What is this wicked thing which, ye, are doing, and profaning the sabbath day? 18 Was it not, thus, your fathers did, and our God brought upon us all this calamity, and upon this city?––and, ye, would add indignation against Israel, by profaning the sabbath! 19 And it came to pass, when the gates of Jerusalem made a shadow before the sabbath, then gave I word, and they shut the doors, and I gave word, that they should not open them, until after the sabbath,––and, some of my young men, set I near the gates, so that no burden should be brought in, on the sabbath day. 20 But the traders and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.