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ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהֹוָהto the menלְאִישׁof Judahיְהוּדָהand to Jerusalem:וְלִירוּשָׁלִַם“Break upנִירוּfor yourselvesלָכֶםfallow ground,נִירand do notוְאַלsowתִּזְרְעוּamong thorns.אֶל קוֹצִים
Jeremiah 4:3
Study it in the app“For thus says YHWH to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: “Break up for yourselves fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 4:3, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- YHWHיְהֹוָהyehova
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehova” appears- to the menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- and to Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- “Break upנִירוּniru
break up ground
To break up fallow ground, to plow it for the first time.
Where else “niru” appears- fallow groundנִירnir
fallow ground
Land not yet plowed.
Where else “nir” appears- sowתִּזְרְעוּtizru
sow
To put seed in the ground.
Where else “tizru” appears- among thornsקוֹצִיםkotsim
thorn
Thorn, thornbush.
Where else “kotsim” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
2and swear, ‘As YHWH lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will bless themselves in him, and in him they will glory.”
3 · This verse (above)
4Circumcise yourselves to YHWH, and remove the foreskins of your heart, men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, or my fury will go out like fire and burn with no one to quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.