Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:3

³For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:

“Break up your unplowed ground,

and do not sow among the thorns.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
this is what	כֹ֣ה׀	ḵōh	Adverb	H3541 thus, here
the LORD	יְהֹוָ֗ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
says	אָמַ֣ר	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to the men	לְאִ֤ישׁ	lə·’îš	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H376 man
of Judah	יְהוּדָה֙	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
and Jerusalem	וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם	wə·lî·rū·šā·lim	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
Break up	נִ֥ירוּ	nî·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H5214 break up, freshly till
your	לָכֶ֖ם	lā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural
unplowed ground	נִ֑יר	nîr	Noun - masculine singular	H5215 the tillable, untilled or fallow ground
and do not	וְאַֽל־	wə·’al-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
sow	תִּזְרְע֖וּ	tiz·rə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H2232 sow, scatter seed
among	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the thorns	קוֹצִֽים׃	qō·w·ṣîm	Noun - masculine plural	H6975 thornbush, thorn

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.