For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up (c) your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
(c) He wills them to pluck up the impiety and wicked affection and worldly respects out of their heart, that the true seed of God's word may be sown in it, (Hosea 10:12) and this is the true circumcision of the heart, (Deuteronomy 10:16; Romans 2:29; Colossians 2:11).