Jeremiah 4:3

For the LORD says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Break up your fallow ground, and don’t sow among thorns.

World English Bible Classic

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 swear, ‘As the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations will bless themselves in him, and they will glory in him.”

4Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:18It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.

Matthew 13:7Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

Mark 4:7Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

Luke 8:7Some fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it.

Galatians 6:7Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that 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 →

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