Jeremiah 4:3

For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed up, do not put in your seeds among thorns.

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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 you will take your oath, By the living Lord, in good faith and wisdom and righteousness; and the nations will make use of you as a blessing, and in you will they take a pride.

4Undergo a circumcision of the heart, you men of Judah and people of Jerusalem: or my wrath may come out like fire, burning so that no one is able to put it out, because of the evil of your doings.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:18Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;

Matthew 13:7And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:

Mark 4:7And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.

Luke 8:7And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.

Galatians 6:7Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.

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 →

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