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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:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Jeremiah 4:3

Transition to Judah. Supply mentally. All which (the foregoing declaration as to Israel) applies to Judah.

and Jerusalem—that is, and especially the men of Jerusalem, as being the most prominent in Judea.

Break . . . fallow ground—that is, Repent of your idolatry, and so be prepared to serve the Lord in truth (Hosea 10:12; Matthew 13:7). The unhumbled heart is like ground which may be improved, being let out to us for that purpose, but which is as yet fallow, overgrown with weeds, its natural product.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 4:3:

Jeremiah 3:6

 

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