It will sprout thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
Jeremiah 4:3 - Y'all Version Bible For YHWH says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Y’all are to break up your* untilled ground, and y’all must not sow among 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 sprout thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
but the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field may eat. You are to do the same with your vineyard and with your olive grove.
Y’all must sow righteousness for yourselves* and reap kindness. Y’all must break up y’all’s unplowed ground, for it is time to seek YHWH, until ʜᴇ comes to rain righteousness on y’all.
The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, making it unfruitful.
Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
The seed that fell among the thorns are those who have heard, but as they go on their way, they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, so they bring no fruit to maturity.
Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it.