For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:

(A)“Break up your fallow ground,
    and (B)sow not among thorns.
(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.”

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For thus says Yahweh
    to the men[a] 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,[b]
men[c] of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
    lest my wrath goes forth like the fire and burns,
and there is no one who extinguishes it,[d]
    because of the evil of your deeds.”

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Footnotes

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