Jeremiah 4:3

Galatians 6:7; Galatians 6:8; Genesis 3:18; Hosea 10:12; Luke 8:14; Luke 8:7; Mark 4:18; Mark 4:19; Mark 4:7; Matthew 13:22; Matthew 13:7

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 4:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To the men - To each man “of Judah.” They are summoned individually to repentance. Break up - literally, Fallow for you a fallow ground, i. e...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:19 to Jeremiah 4:4 . A Dialogue of Yahweh's Grace. This directly continues Jeremiah 3:5 , the I of Jeremiah 3:19 being emphaticall...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

and Jerusalem. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and the inhabitants of Jerusalem", as in Jeremiah 4:4 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet still pursues the same subject; for he reproves the hypocrisy of the Israelites, because they sought to discharge their duty toward...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1036 REPENTANCE THE MEANS OF PREVENTING RUIN Jeremiah 4:3-4 . Thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fa...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. Break up your fallow ground - Fallo...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Break up your fallow ground, &c.— That is, "Purge and purify the field of your hearts by true repentance." See Deuteronomy 10:16 . Romans 2:2...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. Transition to Judah. Supply...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Third Prophecy. The Fate of the Ten Tribes a Warning to Judah In this prophecy, as in the last, idolatry is denounced under the figure...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet Sets Forth the Sin of the Nation and Points Out the Inevitable Result (Reign of Josiah, and Probably Before the Reforms of that King: cp...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Break up , etc.] As the farmer is careful to clear the soil of weeds before sowing his seed, so with Israel. The sowing of repentance must be seriou...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For thus saith the Lord... — The words seem the close of one discourse, the opening of another. The parable of Israel is left behind, and the appea...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER III ISRAEL AND JUDAH: A CONTRAST Jeremiah 3:6-25 ; Jeremiah 4:1-2 THE first address of our prophet was throughout of a sombre cast,...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 5:1-31 ; Jeremiah 6:1-30 CHAPTER IV THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30 IF we would understand wh...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jehovah immediately promised that if Israel would return, she would be established. Then the prophet declared that judgment was determined on. He app...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Prophet here opens his commission to the men of Judah and Jerusalem; and in the prospect of the Babylonish captivity, now hastening, admonisheth...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem ,.... The two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, who were at the time of this prophecy in their...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. Ver. 3. Break up your fallow gro...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For thus saith the Lord The prophet now addresses himself to the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem, and exhorts them to repentance and reformation...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Punishment Predicted. B. C. 620. 3 F...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To the men, Heb. man , i.e. to each man; I speak to every individual among you, Ezekiel 20:7,8 . Of Judah and Jerusalem: the Lord having spok...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judah Are Called To Repentance As Well As Israel For They Are Still In Their Land, And, If They Will Only Truly Turn To Him With Genuinely Changed H...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Warns Judah That If They Will Not Repent For Them Too Invasion By A Fierce Adversary Is Threatening And Will Undoubtedly Come Because Of Their...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Chronology of the chapter, Contemporary Scriptures, Historic Facts, Contemporary History as in chap. 3. 1. Geogra...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 4:3 I. There is a special lesson in our text, because the facts of which it warns us are specially common. Hard and trodden soils, dull a...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 4:1-2 . If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 4:3 . Break up your fallow ground. Hebrews ניר nir, novale; make new land, eradicate the thorns. Hosea 10:12 . Our old phrase, the f...
The Biblical Illustrator

If thou wilt return,.. .and if thou wilt put away thine abominations. .. then shalt thou not remove. The pleadings of God A strange ministry is...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jeremiah 4:1 , Jeremiah 4:2 The form and structure of the translation require a change. Render, If thou wilt return , O I...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Last Call to Return
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, the capital being mentioned particularly as the center of Jewish worship, Break up your f...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For — The Lord turns now his speech from Israel to Judah. Break up — Prepare your hearts by making them soft, tender, and pliable, fit to embrace m...

³ For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 4:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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