KJV 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.
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Jeremiah 4:3
For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.
WEB World English Bible
For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Break up your fallow ground, and don’t sow among thorns.
ASV American Standard Version
For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For thus said Jehovah, To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: Till for yourselves tillage, And do not sow unto the thorns.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 4
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.
3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench [it], because of the evil of your doings.
5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּי־H3588 · kiforכֹ֣ה׀H3541 · kohthusאָמַ֣רH559 · a.marto sayיְהֹוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלְאִ֤ישׁH376 · ishmanיְהוּדָה֙H3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahוְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemנִ֥ירוּH5214 · nirto breakלָכֶ֖םH9036 · khemyouנִ֑ירH5215 · nirfallow groundוְאַֽל־H408 · alnotתִּזְרְע֖וּH2232 · za.rato sowאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)קוֹצִֽים׃H6975 · qotsthorn
Cross-references
Hosea 10:12Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for [it is] time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.Luke 8:7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.Luke 8:14And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of [this] life, and bring no fruit to perfection.Galatians 6:7-8Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.Matthew 13:7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:Mark 4:18-19And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,Mark 4:7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.Matthew 13:22He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.Genesis 3:18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
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