It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
Jeremiah 4:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: Break up the unploughed ground; do not sow among the thorns. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 For thus saith the Lord to the men of Juda and Jerusalem: Break up anew your fallow ground, and sow not upon thorns. |
It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
But during the seventh year you are to let it rest and leave it uncultivated, so that the poor among your people may eat from it and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
Sow righteousness for yourselves and reap faithful love; break up your unploughed ground. It is time to seek the Lord until he comes and sends righteousness on you like the rain.
Now the one sown among the thorns #– #this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn’t produce fruit.
As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who, when they have heard, go on their way and are choked with worries, riches, and pleasures of life, and produce no mature fruit.
Other seed fell among thorns; the thorns grew up with it and choked it.