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Verse Jeremiah 4:3. _BREAK UP YOUR FALLOW GROUND_] _Fallow_ ground is
either that which, having been _once tilled_, has _lain long
uncultivated_; or, _ground slightly ploughed_, in order to be plough...
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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., do not
sow the seeds of repentance in unfit soil, but ju...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. True repentance and what it means (Jeremiah 4:1) _
2. The alarm sounded: judgment comes (Jeremiah 4:5)
3. The doom of the rebellious people (Jeremiah 4:14)
4. The desolation of I
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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
emphatically contras
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AND JERUSALEM. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac,
read "and the inhabitants of Jerusalem", as in Jeremiah 4:4....
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Jeremiah 4:1. If Israel will sincerely repent and mend her ways, her
prosperity will be the ideal for all nations. Let Judah dedicate
herself in heart to Jehovah, otherwise heavy judgement shall be he...
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Jeremiah 3:6 to Jeremiah 4:4. Conditional offers of restoration
We may subdivide thus.
(1) Jeremiah 3:6-18. The ten tribes as less guilty than Judah are
invited to repent and return. (2)...
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_Break up_ The ground of their heart is hard. It needs as it were the
plough and the harrow. Moreover, it is overgrown with thorns. These
must be removed....
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DISCOURSE: 1036
REPENTANCE THE MEANS OF PREVENTING RUIN
Jeremiah 4:3. Thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem,
Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. Circumcise
yourselve...
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BREAK UP YOUR FALLOW GROUND, &C.— That is, "Purge and purify the
field of your hearts by true repentance." See Deuteronomy 10:16.
Romans 2:29. Exodus 6:12.
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F. The Rewards of Repentance Jeremiah 4:1-4
TRANSLATION
(1) If you return, O Israel, (oracle of the LORD) unto Me return; and
if you will remove your abominations from before Me, and never waver
(2)...
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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 mentally. All which (the foregoing
declaration as to Is...
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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 serious and real....
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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 of unfaithfulness to the marriage vow. But as a marke...
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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. JEREMIAH 3:6)
This section furnishes us with the g...
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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 appeal to Judah and Jerusalem is more direct.
TO THE MEN...
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כִּי ־כֹ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֗ה לְ אִ֤ישׁ
יְהוּד
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CHAPTER III
ISRAEL AND JUDAH: A CONTRAST
Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 4:1
THE first address of our prophet was throughout of a sombre cast, and
the darkness of its close was not relieved by a single ray...
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Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 6:1
CHAPTER IV
THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD
Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30
IF we would under
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Jehovah immediately promised that if Israel would return, she would be
established. Then the prophet declared that judgment was determined
on. He appealed to the people to repent, and that not in exte...
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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 respect...
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_Thorns. Your misconduct hinders your advancement. (Calmet)_...
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The Prophet here opens his commission to the men of Judah and
Jerusalem; and in the prospect of the Babylonish captivity, now
hastening, admonisheth them to seek the Lord. The Prophet, like a
faithful...
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The Prophet still pursues the same subject; for he reproves the
hypocrisy of the Israelites, because they sought to discharge their
duty towards God only by external ceremonies, while their hearts wer...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6.
Chapter 4 resumes the subject of Chapter s 2, 3, and, applying it at
that time to the people, tells them that, if they return, it must be
unto th...
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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 own land; and so are distinguished from Israel the t...
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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 ground._] _Novellate vobis novale._
Tertullian renderet...
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_For thus saith the Lord_ The prophet now addresses himself to the
inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem, and exhorts them to repentance and
reformation in metaphorical language. _Break up your fallow gr...
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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 FALLOW GROUND, that of their hearts, which is like wi...
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A LAST CALL TO RETURN...
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3,4 An unhumbled heart is like ground untilled. It is ground which may
be improved; it is our ground let out to us; but it is fallow; it is
over-grown with thorns and weeds, the natural product of the...
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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
spoke what he had to say at present to Israel, turns now his sp...
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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 SINS (JEREMIAH 4:3).
If Judah will not respond to th...
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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 HEARTS, CAN STILL LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE IN HOPE....
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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 and
heavy as the fool's heart, there are; thin and shal...
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Jeremiah 4:1. _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 shalt thou not remove. And thou shalt swear, The LORD l...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. Warning of the
consequences of sin and exhortation to return to God.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: It is the evil of men's doings that kindle...
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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 fallow deer, seems to give the exact import of the word....
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_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 that of Almightiness. It is
almightiness--almost. So...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—_Chronology_ of the chapter,
_Contemporary Scriptures, Historic Facts, Contemporary History_ as in
chap. 3. 1. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. Jeremiah 4:5. “_Defenced
cities_....
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 4:1, JEREMIAH 4:2
The form and structure of the translation require a change. Render,
_If thou wilt return_,_ O Israel_,_ saith Jehovah_,_ wilt return unto
me_;_ and if thou wilt...
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But if you will return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and
if you will put away thine abominations out of my sight, then you will
no longer be [moved or] removed. And thou shalt swear, The...
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Galatians 6:7; Galatians 6:8; Genesis 3:18; Hosea 10:12; Luke 8:14;...
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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 my word. A metaphor taken from plow — men. Thorns — Ri...