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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

For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:

Break up the unplowed ground;(A)
do not sow among the thorns.(B)
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;
remove the foreskin of your hearts,(C)
men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem.
Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire
and burn with no one to extinguish it(D)
because of your evil deeds.

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