Jeremiah 4:3

This is what the Lord is saying to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: Plow your unplowed ground, and don't sow among the 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 if when you make your vows, you do so only to me, sincerely, truly, and honestly, then the nations will be blessed by me, and they will praise me.

4Dedicate yourselves to the Lord; be totally committed to him, people of Judah and Jerusalem. Otherwise, my anger will blaze like fire, burning so hard that no one can put it out because of the evil you've done.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:18It will grow thorns and thistles for you, and you will have to eat wild plants.

Matthew 13:7Other seeds fell among thorns that grew up and choked them.

Mark 4:7Other seeds fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked the sprouting seeds, so they produced nothing.

Luke 8:7Some seeds fell among thorns and as they both grew the thorns choked the plants.

Galatians 6:7Don't be fooled, God can't be treated with contempt: whatever you sow, that's what you 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 →

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