Jeremiah 4:1-3

International Standard Version

4 “Israel, if you return to me,”
declares the Lord,
“Return to me,
    remove your detestable idols from my presence,
        and don’t waver.
² If you swear, ‘as surely as the Lord lives,’
    in truth, in justice, and in righteousness,
then nations will be blessed^[a] by him,
    and in him they will boast.”
³ For this is what the Lord says
    to the men^[b] of Judah and Jerusalem,
“Break up your unplowed ground,
    and don’t sow among thorns.