Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
Didn't your ancestors do the same things, and didn't our God bring all this disaster on us and on this city because of it? Yet you're bringing even more anger from God on Israel by treating the Sabbath as unholy.
Nehemiah is warning the people that they're repeating the same sins their ancestors committed, which led to God's judgment, and now they're making things worse by breaking the Sabbath.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Nehemiah, set in the 5th century BC after the Jewish people returned from Babylonian exile, Nehemiah was a governor leading reforms to rebuild Jerusalem and enforce God's laws. He specifically confronted the Jews for profaning the Sabbath by engaging in trade and work, which violated the commandments given through Moses. This issue was tied to the historical sins of their ancestors, whose disobedience had led to the exile and divine judgment on the city.
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