Other seeds were planted on rocky ground, where there was little soil. The plants sprouted quickly because the soil wasn’t deep.
I will give them a single purpose and put a new spirit in them. I will remove their stubborn hearts and give them obedient hearts.
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will remove your stubborn hearts and give you obedient hearts.
Do horses run on rocks? Does a farmer plow the sea with oxen? Yet, you have turned justice into something deadly and what is righteous into poison.
They made their hearts as hard as flint so that they couldn’t hear the Lord’s teachings, the words that the Lord of Armies had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the Lord of Armies became very angry.
The seed planted on rocky ground ⌞is the person who⌟ hears the word and accepts it at once with joy.
Some seeds were planted along the road, and birds came and devoured them.
But when the sun came up, they were scorched. They withered because their roots weren’t deep enough.
Other people are like seeds that were planted on rocky ground. Whenever they hear the word, they accept it at once with joy.
Other seeds were planted on rocky ground, where there wasn’t much soil. The plants sprouted quickly because the soil wasn’t deep.