Jeremiah 4:1-3

New Century Version

4 “If you will return, Israel,
    then return to me,” says the Lord.
“If you will throw away your idols that I hate,
    then don’t wander away from me.
² If you say when you make a promise,
    ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’
    and you can say it in a truthful, honest, and right way,
then the nations will be blessed by him,
    and they will praise him for what he has done.”

“Plow your unplowed fields,
    and don’t plant seeds among thorns.