Jeremiah 4:3 “For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Bre…”

Jeremiah 4:3

For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

World English Bible

For the LORD says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Break up your fallow ground, and don’t sow among thorns.

American Standard Version

For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

Geneva Bible 1599

For thus saith the Lord to the men of Iudah, and to Ierusalem,

Darby Translation

For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: Break up for you a fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

Young's Literal Translation

For thus said Jehovah, To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: Till for yourselves tillage, And do not sow unto the thorns.

Bible in Basic English

For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed up, do not put in your seeds among thorns.

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Cross references

“Break”

Hosea 10:12 Luke 8:7 Luke 8:14 Matthew 13:7 Matthew 13:22 Mark 4:7

Hosea 10:12 · BSB

Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

Luke 8:7 · BSB

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.

Luke 8:14 · BSB

The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.

Matthew 13:7 · BSB

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.

Matthew 13:22 · BSB

The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Mark 4:7 · BSB

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”

4Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”

Read Jeremiah 4