Jeremiah 4:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ For this is what יהוה said to the men of Yehuḏah and Yerushalayim, “Break up your tillable ground, and do not sow among thorns.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Break up your ground left uncultivated for a season, so that you may not sow among thorns.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

³ This is what the LORD says to the people of Judah and to the residents of Jerusalem: Break up your hard rocky soil; don’t plant among the thorns.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and of Jerusalem: "Break new ground, and do not choose to sow upon thorns.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Jeremiah 4:3 Cross References

Genesis 3:18

and the ground shall bring forth thorns and thistles for you, and you shall eat the plants of the field.

Exodus 23:11

but the seventh year you are to let it rest, and shall leave it, and the poor of your people shall eat. And what they leave, the beasts of the field eat. Do the same with your vineyard and your oliveyard.

Hosea 10:12

Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap according to loving-commitment, break up your tillable ground, it is time to seek יהוה, till He comes and rainsa righteousness on you.

Matthew 13:22

“And that sown among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the worry of this age and the deceit of riches choke the word, and it becomes fruitless.

Matthew 13:7

“And others fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.

Mark 4:7

“And other fell among thorns. And the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.

Luke 8:14

“And that which fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with worries, and riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

Luke 8:7

“And other fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.