Jeremiah 4:3-4
Expanded Bible
3 This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:
“Plow your unplowed fields [C a metaphor for changing their spiritual condition],
and don’t ·plant seeds [sow] among thorns.
4 ·Give yourselves to the service of [L Circumcise yourself to] the Lord [C a metaphor for obedience],
and ·decide to obey him [L remove the foreskin of your heart; 9:25; Deut. 10:16],
people of Judah and ·people [L inhabitants] of Jerusalem.
If you don’t, my anger will ·spread among you [flare/blaze up] like a fire,
and no one will be able to ·put it out [quench it],
because of the evil you have done.
Jeremiah 4:3-4
New American Standard Bible
3 For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem:
“[a](A)Break up your uncultivated ground,
And (B)do not sow among thorns.
4 (C)Circumcise yourselves to the Lord
And remove the foreskins of your hearts,
Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Or else My (D)wrath will spread like fire
And burn with (E)no one to quench it,
Because of the evil of your deeds.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:3 Lit Plow for yourselves plowed ground
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