Jeremiah 4:1-4
New American Standard Bible
Judah Threatened with Invasion
4 “If you will (A)return, Israel,” declares the Lord,
“Then you should return to Me.
And (B)if you will put away your detestable things from My presence,
And will not waver,
2 And if you will (C)swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’
(D)In truth, in justice, and in righteousness;
Then the (E)nations will bless themselves in Him,
And (F)in Him they will boast.”
3 For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem:
“[a](G)Break up your uncultivated ground,
And (H)do not sow among thorns.
4 (I)Circumcise yourselves to the Lord
And remove the foreskins of your hearts,
Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Or else My (J)wrath will spread like fire
And burn with (K)no one to quench it,
Because of the evil of your deeds.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:3 Lit Plow for yourselves plowed ground
Jeremiah 4:1-4
New International Version
4 “If you, Israel, will return,(A)
then return to me,”
declares the Lord.
“If you put your detestable idols(B) out of my sight
and no longer go astray,
2 and if in a truthful, just and righteous way
you swear,(C) ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(D)
then the nations will invoke blessings(E) by him
and in him they will boast.(F)”
3 This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:
“Break up your unplowed ground(G)
and do not sow among thorns.(H)
4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
circumcise your hearts,(I)
you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
or my wrath(J) will flare up and burn like fire(K)
because of the evil(L) you have done—
burn with no one to quench(M) it.
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