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Jeremiah 4:3-5
International Children’s Bible
Jeremiah 4:3-5
International Children’s Bible
3 This is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
“Plow your unplowed fields.
Don’t plant seeds among the thorns.
4 Give yourselves to the service of the Lord.
Decide to obey him.
Do this, men of Judah and people of Jerusalem.
If you don’t, my anger will spread among you like a fire.
No one will be able to put it out
because of the evil you have done.
Trouble from the North
5 “Announce this message to Judah and say it in Jerusalem:
‘Blow the trumpet throughout the country!’
Shout out loud and say,
‘Come together!
Let’s all escape to the strong, walled cities!’
Jeremiah 4:3-5
New International Version
Jeremiah 4:3-5
New International Version
3 This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:
“Break up your unplowed ground(A)
and do not sow among thorns.(B)
4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
circumcise your hearts,(C)
you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
or my wrath(D) will flare up and burn like fire(E)
because of the evil(F) you have done—
burn with no one to quench(G) it.
Disaster From the North
Jeremiah 4:3-5
English Standard Version
Jeremiah 4:3-5
English Standard Version
3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
(A)“Break up your fallow ground,
and (B)sow not among thorns.
4 (C)Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;
remove the foreskin of your hearts,
O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem;
(D)lest my wrath go forth like fire,
and burn with none to quench it,
(E)because of the evil of your deeds.”
Disaster from the North
5 Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say,
(F)“Blow the trumpet through the land;
cry aloud and say,
(G)‘Assemble, and let us go
into the fortified cities!’
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