3For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.


In Context

1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.

2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

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

4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.

Jeremiah 4:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:3This is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: "Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:3For thus saith the Lord to the men of Juda and Jerusalem: Break up anew your fallow ground, and sow not upon thorns:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:3For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: Break up for you a fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:3For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, |Break up your fallow ground, and don't sow among thorns.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3For thus said Jehovah, To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: Till for yourselves tillage, And do not sow unto the thorns.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:3For thus said the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.