◄ Jeremiah 4:3 ►
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Good News Translation
The LORD says to the people of Judah and Jerusalem, "Plow up your unplowed fields; do not plant your seeds among thorns.

New Revised Standard Version
For thus says the LORD to the people of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.

Contemporary English Version
People of Jerusalem and Judah, don't be so stubborn! Your hearts have become hard, like unplowed ground where thornbushes grow.

New American Bible
For to the people of Judah and Jerusalem, thus says the LORD: Till your untilled ground, and do not sow among thorns.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For thus saith the Lord to the men of Juda and Jerusalem: Break up anew your fallow ground, and sow not upon thorns:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For thus saith the Lord to the men of Juda and Jerusalem: Break up anew your fallow ground, and sow not upon thorns:

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Genesis 3:18 Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herbs of the earth.

Hosea 10:12 Sow for yourselves in justice, and reap in the mouth of mercy, break up your fallow ground: but the time to seek the Lord is, when he shall come that shall teach you justice.

Matthew 13:7,22 And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked them. . . .

Mark 4:7,18,19 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. . . .

Luke 8:7,14 And other some fell among thorns. And the thorns growing up with it, choked it. . . .

Galatians 6:7,8 Be not deceived: God is not mocked. . . .

Context
God Calls Israel by His Promise
…2And thou shalt swear: As the Lord liveth, in truth, and in judgment, and in justice: and the Gentiles shall bless him, and shall praise him. 3For thus saith the Lord to the men of Juda and Jerusalem: Break up anew your fallow ground, and sow not upon thorns:4Be circumcised to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your hearts, ye men of Juda, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my indignation come forth like fire, and burn, and there be none that can quench it because of the wickedness of your thoughts.…
Cross References
Matthew 13:7
And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked them.

Exodus 23:11
But the seventh year thou shalt let it alone, and suffer it to rest, that the poor of thy people may eat, and whatsoever shall be left, let the beasts of the field eat it: so shalt thou do with thy vineyard and thy oliveyard.

Hosea 10:12
Sow for yourselves in justice, and reap in the mouth of mercy, break up your fallow ground: but the time to seek the Lord is, when he shall come that shall teach you justice.

Jeremiah 4:2
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