Jeremiah 4:3

For thus says LORD to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

In Context

2And thou shall swear, As LORD lives, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. And the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him they shall glory.

4Circumcise yourselves to LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

Read all of Jeremiah 4

Cross References

Genesis 3:18Also, thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to thee, and thou shall eat the herb of the field.

Matthew 13:7And others fell in the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

Mark 4:7And others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it gave no fruit.

Luke 8:7And another fell amidst the thorns, and having grown together, the thorns choked it.

Galatians 6:7Be not misled, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows this he will also reap.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 4:2-3

Exhortation to Repentance. ( b. c. 620.) 1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord , return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. 2 And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. When God called to backsliding Israel to return ( ch. iii. 22 ) they immediately answered, Lord, we return; now God here takes notice of their answer, and, by… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Jeremiah 4:3