Would the plowman, after plowing all day so that he may sow, instead cut open and hoe his soil?
A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pull up what was planted.
Pay close attention, and listen to my voice! Attend and hear my eloquence!
Will he not, when he has made the surface level, sow coriander, and scatter cumin, and plant wheat in rows, and barley, and millet, and vetch in their places?
For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and of Jerusalem: "Break new ground, and do not choose to sow upon thorns.