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and you swear, ‘As Yahweh lives,’[a]
    in truth, in justice, and in righteousness,
then nations will be blessed by him,
    and in him they will boast.”
For thus says Yahweh
    to the men[b] of Judah and to Jerusalem,
“Break up for yourselves prepared virgin soil,
    and you must not sow among thornbushes.
Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh,
    and remove the foreskins of your hearts,[c]
men[d] of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
    lest my wrath goes forth like the fire and burns,
and there is no one who extinguishes it,[e]
    because of the evil of your deeds.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:2 Literally “life of Yahweh”
  2. Jeremiah 4:3 Hebrew “man”
  3. Jeremiah 4:4 Hebrew “heart”
  4. Jeremiah 4:4 Hebrew “man”
  5. Jeremiah 4:4 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation