The Jews were a very covetous people, and their covetousness as well as their other lusts were temptations to them to profane the Lord's sabbaths, Nehemiah 13:19 Ezekiel 20:2.
Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 17:23
Jeremiah 17:23
23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.