Jeremiah 4:3

כִּי ־ כֹה ׀ אָמַר יְהֹוָה לְאִישׁ יְהוּדָה וְלִירוּשָׁלִַם נִירוּ לָכֶם נִיר וְאַֽל ־ תִּזְרְעוּ אֶל ־ קוֹצִֽים ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2וְנִשְׁבַּעְתָּ חַי ־ יְהוָה בֶּאֱמֶת בְּמִשְׁפָּט וּבִצְדָקָה וְהִתְבָּרְכוּ בוֹ גּוֹיִם וּב/וֹ יִתְהַלָּֽלוּ ׃ ס

4הִמֹּלוּ לַיהֹוָה וְהָסִרוּ עָרְלוֹת לְבַבְכֶם אִישׁ יְהוּדָה וְיֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִָם פֶּן ־ תֵּצֵא כָאֵשׁ חֲמָתִי וּבָעֲרָה וְאֵין מְכַבֶּה מִפְּנֵי רֹעַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם ׃

Read all of Jeremiah 4

Cross References

Genesis 3:18וְקוֹץ וְדַרְדַּר תַּצְמִיחַֽ לָךְ וְאָכַלְתָּ אֶת ־ עֵשֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶֽה ׃

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