Jeremiah 4:3

Jeremiah 4:3 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

3This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:

“Break up your unplowed ground

and do not sow among thorns.

3For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem:

“Break up your uncultivated ground,

And do not sow among thorns.

3For 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.

3For 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.

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

3For thus saith the Lord to the men of Iudah, and to Ierusalem,

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

3Here is what the Lord is telling the people of Judah and Jerusalem. He says,

“Your hearts are as hard as a field

that has not been plowed.

So change your ways and produce good crops.

Do not plant seeds among thorns.

3The Lord says this to the people of Jerusalem and all Judah:

‘Prepare yourselves,

like a farmer who ploughs his fields.

Do not plant your seeds where weeds are growing.

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