Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 23:19
Source: Septuagint
19And it came to pass, when the gates were set up in Jerusalem, before the Sabbath, that I spoke, and they shut the gates; and I gave orders that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath: and I set some of my servants at the gates, that none should bring in burdens on the Sabbath day.
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17And I strove with the free children of Judah, and said to them, What is this evil thing which ye do, and profane the Sabbath day?
18Did not your fathers thus, and our God brought upon them and upon us and upon this city all these evils? and do ye bring additional wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath?
— Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 23:19 —
20So all the merchants lodged, and carried on traffic without Jerusalem once or twice.
21Then I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye lodge in front of the wall? if ye do so again, I will stretch out my hand upon you. From that time they came not on the Sabbath.