commandment to the people, calling the Sabbath a holy convocation. The prophet Isaiah taught in that iniquity is inconsistent with the Sabbath. In , the prophet taught that if people turn away from pursuing or speaking of business on the Sabbath and call the Sabbath a delight, then God will make themride upon the high places of the earth and will feed them with the heritage of Jacob. And in , the prophet taught that in times to come, from one Sabbath to another, all people will come to worship God. The prophet Jeremiah taught in that the fate of Jerusalem depended on whether the people obstained from work on the Sabbath, refraining from carrying burdens outside their houses and through the city gates. The prophet Ezekiel told in how God gave the Israelites God's Sabbaths, to be a sign between God and them, but the Israelites rebelled against God by profaning the Sabbaths, provoking God to pour out God's fury upon them, but God stayed God's hand. In , Nehemiah told how he saw some treading winepresses on the Sabbath, and others bringing all manner of burdens into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, so when it began to be dark before the Sabbath, he commanded that the city gates be shut and not opened till after the Sabbath and directed the Levites to keep the gates to sanctify the Sabbath. To walk in God’s ways The exhortation of (5:30 in the NJPS) to “walk in God’s ways” reflects a recurring theme also present in ; ; ; ; ; ; and . Deuteronomy chapter 6 echoes , "The Eternal is our God, the Eternal alone," when the prophet foretells, "The Lord shall be King over all the earth; in that day there shall be one Lord with one name." In , Joshua quoted to the Reubenites, Gadites, and Manassites, cautioning them to take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded. parallels . Both and admonish the audience to heed the commandments — characterizing the commandments as instructions that Moses charged the Israelites, and as "your father's commandment" and "your mother's teaching." Both and speak of the commandments' presence while sleeping, waking, and traveling — with the commandments in taking on the active roles of leading, watching over, and talking. Both and speak of binding the commandments to one's person