Jeremiah 4:3

For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, "Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow 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 shall swear, 'As the Lord lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory."

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 forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:18Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth 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 8:7Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.

Galatians 6:7Do not 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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