Jeremiah 4:3

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1 “If you will return, O Israel,” says the Lord,
^a“Return to Me;
And if you will put away your abominations out of My sight,
Then you shall not be moved.

2 ^aAnd you shall swear, ‘The Lord lives,’
^bIn truth, in¹ judgment, and in righteousness;
^cThe nations shall bless themselves in Him,
And in Him they shall ^dglory.”

3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
^a“Break up your¹ fallow ground,
And ^bdo not sow among thorns.

4 ^aCircumcise yourselves to the Lord,
And take away the foreskins of your hearts,
You men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Lest My fury come forth like fire,
And burn so that no one can quench it,
Because of the evil of your doings.”

An Imminent Invasion

5 Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say:
^a“Blow the trumpet in the land;
Cry, ‘Gather together,’
And say, ^b‘Assemble yourselves,
And let us go into the fortified cities.’

6 Set up the¹ standard toward Zion.
Take refuge! Do not delay!
For I will bring disaster from the ^anorth,
And great destruction.”

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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Jeremiah 4:3

To the men - To each man "of Judah." They are summoned individually to repentance.

Break up - literally, Fallow for you a fallow ground, i. e., do not sow the seeds of repentance in unfit soil, but just as the farmer prepares the ground, by clearing it of weeds, and exposing it to the sun and air, before entrusting to it the seed, so must you regard repentance as a serious matter, requiring forethought, and anxious labor. To sow in unfallowed ground was practically to sow on land full of thorns.

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