For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:

(A)“Break up your [a]fallow ground,
And (B)do not sow among thorns.
(C)Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
And take away the foreskins of your hearts,
You men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Lest My fury come forth like fire,
And burn so that no one can quench it,
Because of the evil of your doings.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:3 untilled

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

[a](A)Break up your uncultivated ground,
And (B)do not sow among thorns.
(C)Circumcise yourselves to the Lord
And remove the foreskins of your hearts,
Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Or else My (D)wrath will spread like fire
And burn with (E)no one to quench it,
Because of the evil of your deeds.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:3 Lit Plow for yourselves plowed ground

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

“Plow your uncultivated ground [for a season],
And do not sow among thorns.

“Circumcise (dedicate, sanctify) yourselves to the Lord
And remove the foreskin [sins] of your heart,
Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Or else My wrath will go forth like fire [consuming all that gets in its way]
And burn and there will be no one to quench it,
Because of the evil of your acts.”

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This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:

“Break up your unplowed ground(A)
    and do not sow among thorns.(B)
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
    circumcise your hearts,(C)
    you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
or my wrath(D) will flare up and burn like fire(E)
    because of the evil(F) you have done—
    burn with no one to quench(G) it.

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

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.

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