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


In Context

1 |If you will return, Israel,| says Yahweh, |if you will return to me, and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you shall not be removed;

2 and you shall swear, 'As Yahweh lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.|

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

4 Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

5 Declare in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, 'Blow the trumpet in the land!' Cry aloud and say, 'Assemble yourselves! Let us go into the fortified cities!'

Jeremiah 4:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version 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 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 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.