Parallel Verses
World English Bible
For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, "Break up your fallow ground, and don't sow among thorns.
New American Standard Bible
For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem,
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And
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.
Holman Bible
For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
do not sow among the thorns.
International Standard Version
For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, "Break up your unplowed 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.
Amplified
For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem,
And do not sow among 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.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
For thus said Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up to you the fallow ground, and ye shall not sow to thorns.
King James 2000
For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, "Break up for yourselves prepared virgin soil, and you must not sow among thornbushes.
Modern King James verseion
For so says Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thus sayeth the LORD, to all Judah and Jerusalem, "Plow your land, and sow not among the thorns.
NET Bible
Yes, the Lord has this to say to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: "Like a farmer breaking up hard unplowed ground, you must break your rebellious will and make a new beginning; just as a farmer must clear away thorns lest the seed is wasted, you must get rid of the sin that is ruining your lives.
New Heart English Bible
For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, "Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.
The Emphasized Bible
For thus saith Yahweh Unto the men of Judah and unto Jerusalem, Till ye the untilled ground, - And do not sow among thorns.
Webster
For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Youngs 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.
Themes
Agriculture » Figurative » Fallow ground
Agriculture or husbandry » Illustrative of the » Culture of the heart
Evil » The reward for doing evil
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 4:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call For Repentance
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.
Phrases
Cross References
Hosea 10:12
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
Matthew 13:7
Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
Matthew 13:22
What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Mark 4:7
Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Luke 8:7
Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.
Luke 8:14
That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
Genesis 3:18
Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.
Mark 4:18-19
Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,
Galatians 6:7-8
Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.