Jeremiah 4:1-4

Common English Bible

4 If you return, Israel, return to me, declares the Lord.
    If you get rid of your disgusting idols from my presence
        and wander no more,
²    and if you swear by the living God
        in truth, justice, and righteousness,
    then the nations will enjoy God’s blessings;^[a]
        they will boast about him.

³This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to the residents of Jerusalem:

Break up your hard rocky soil;
    don’t plant among the thorns.
⁴Dedicate^[b] yourselves to the Lord;
    don’t be thick-skinned,^[c]
        people of Judah and residents of Jerusalem,
    or else my anger will spread like a wildfire.
        It will burn, with no one to put it out,
        because of your evil deeds.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 4:2 Or bless themselves in him or be blessed by him or will bless themselves
Jeremiah 4:4 Or circumcise
Jeremiah 4:4 Or remove the foreskins of your hearts