The unhumbled heart is like ground which may be improved, being let out to us for that purpose; but which is as yet fallow, overgrown with weeds, its natural product. to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: “Plow your unplowed fields, but then don’t plant weeds in the soil! Jeremiah 4:3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. Denomination: Brethren. So, Jeremiah 3:6-4:2 was mainly concerning Israel. II. For â The Lord turns now his speech from Israel to Judah. In Jeremiah 4:3 the call comes to Judah, which the prophet had already in his eye in Jeremiah 3; cf. Break up your fallow ground. In the field of your life, which shall grow—wheat or tares? Lest my fury break forth like fire; cf. The אם תּשׁוּב, Jeremiah 4:1, contained the indirect call to repent. God remembers Israel’s past love for Him (v.2-3) 2. For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. "Circumcise you to the Lord" is explained by the next clause: remove the foreskins of your heart. 4 ; for, unless the fallow ground is broken up, it will be no other than sowing among thorns; and unless the hearts of men are opened by the power and grace of God, they will not attend to the things that are spoken; preaching and eating the word will be like sowing among thorns; cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, the pleasures of life, and the lusts thereof, which are comparable to thorns, because pricking, perplexing, and distressing, and because vain and unprofitable, choke the word, and make it unfruitful; see Matthew 13:7, now this exhortation in the text does not suppose power in man to break up and open his heart; but to show his want of renewing grace; the necessity of it; and the danger he is in without it; and to awaken in him a concern for it; see Ezekiel 18:31. will he keep [it] to the end? 3 February 2019 - Animal Liberation Prophets Break up - literally, Fallow for you a fallow ground, i. e., do not sow the seeds of repentance in unfit soil, but just as the farmer prepares the ground, by clearing it of weeds, and exposing it to the sun and air, before entrusting to it the seed, so must you regard repentance as a serious matter, requiring forethought, and anxious labor. 3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah … The "fallow ground" fitly represents the hearts of unregenerate men, which are unopened to the word, and unbroken by it; nor have they the seed of divine grace sown in them; but are destitute of faith, hope, love, fear, and the like; there is nothing grows there but the weeds of sin and corruption; and are like a common beaten road; are the common track of sin, where lusts pass to and fro, and dwell; and so are hardened and obdurate, as hard as a stone, yea, harder than the nether millstone; and who, though they may occasionally be under the word, it makes no impression on them; it has no place in them, but is like the seed that falls by the wayside, Matthew 13:4, unless divine power attends it; for the Gospel is the plough, and ministers are the ploughmen; but it is the Lord alone that makes it effectual to the breaking up the fallow ground of men's hearts, Luke 9:62, but when the Lord puts his hand to the plough it enters within, and opens the heart; it is quick, powerful, and sharp; it cuts deep, and makes long and large furrows, even strong convictions of sin; it throws a man's inside outward, as the plough does the earth; and lays all the wicked of his heart open to him; and roots up the pride, the vanity, and boasting of the creature, and other lusts; and so makes way for the seed of divine grace to be sown there: and sow not among thorns; or, "that ye may not sow among thorns" (o); for, unless the fallow ground is broken up, it will be no other than sowing among thorns; and unless the hearts of men are opened by the power and grace of God, they will not attend to the things that are spoken; preaching and eating the word will be like sowing among thorns; cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, the pleasures of life, and the lusts thereof, which are comparable to thorns, because pricking, perplexing, and distressing, and because vain and unprofitable, choke the word, and make it unfruitful; see Matthew 13:7, now this exhortation in the text does not suppose power in man to break up and open his heart; but to show his want of renewing grace; the necessity of it; and the danger he is in without it; and to awaken in him a concern for it; see Ezekiel 18:31. 'מפּני רע מ as in Deuteronomy 28:20. Someone needs to say something about it. Romans 2:29. xi., p. 284; G. Litting, Thirty Children's Sermons, p. 141. Browse Sermons on Jeremiah 4:3. The seed-corns are the good resolutions which, when they have sunk into the soil of the mind, should spring up into deeds (Hitz.). Circumcision was observed for all Jewish males; but the kind of circumcision they needed was not physical but spiritual. 5 Will he reserve [his anger] for ever? Scripture Commentary Jer. Read verse in … To the men - To each man “of Judah.” They are summoned individually to repentance. xxiii., No. For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. Fool A Fool’s Way Series Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Feb 11, 2020 based on 1 rating | 2,341 views. xxvi., No. I am aware of a formatting issue in the NIV '84 edition. Sow not among thorns,] i.e., Cares and lusts of life, fitly called thorns, because (1.) Negatively, they needed to stop investing in counterproductive ventures such as idolatry. There is a special lesson in our text, because the facts of which it warns us are specially common. References: Jeremiah 4:3.—W. Circumcise yourselves to Jahveh, and take away the foreskins of your heart, men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, lest my fury break forth like fire and burn unquenchably, because of the evil of your doings." Break up your fallow ground, i.e. אישׁ, as often, in collective sense, since the plural of this word was little in use, see in Joshua 9:6. Break
fallow ground — that is, Repent of your idolatry, and so be prepared to serve the Lord in truth (Hosea 10:12; Matthew 13:7). 3This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground. Jeremiah 4:3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem,“Break up your fallow ground,And do not sow among thorns. Jeremiah knew that the Judah’s… This is the way it is in the New Birth. Jeremiah 4:20.—Ibid., vol. 1700 28th Street SE Grand Rapids, MI 49508. 3, 4, from the preceding prophecy. Simpson, Christian World Pulpit, vol. The stress lies in ליהוה; in this is implied that the circumcision should not be in the flesh merely. Ye have been long uncultivated in righteousness; let true repentance break up your fruitless and hardened hearts; and when the seed of the word of life is sown in them, take heed that worldly cares and concerns do not arise, and, like thorns, choke the good seed. Jeremiah 4:3 Context. There is no looking for a harvest in a hedge: stock them, and stub them up therefore; [1 Peter 2:1 James 1:21] do not plough here, and make a trench there, &c. I. We can indeed add nothing to what God is; but there is a fruit which he demands; so that our whole life is to be devoted to his glory. The Prophet then intimates that the people had become hardened in their vices, and that they were not only full of vices, like a field left uncultivated for two years; but that their vices were so deep, that they could not be well cleared away by ploughing alone, except they were drawn up by the roots, as they were like thorns and brambles, which have been growing in a field for many years. . Sow not among thorns.âNot without a special interest as, perhaps, containing the germ of the Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13:7. Sow not among thorns; rid you hearts and hands of what may hinder you of embracing my word; grub up all those briers, and thorns, and mischievous weeds that will not suffer my counsels to take, or my graces to thrive, with you; such as use to overrun the sluggard’s field, Proverbs 24:30,31. Hence he bids them wholly to shake off their vices, which were hid within, according to what they do, who tear up thorns and briers in a field, which has been long neglected, and left without being cultivated. (Calmet). Jeremiah 4:3 × Jeremiah 4:3. Novellate vobis novale. God rebukes Israel for their apathy and idolatry (v.7b-8) 4. We are a nation in danger. In Jeremiah 4:1 this was addressed to Israel. The transition from Israel to Judah in the phrase: for thus saith Jahveh, is explained by the introduction of a connecting thought, which can without difficulty be supplied from the last clause of Jeremiah 4:2; the promise that the nations bless themselves in Jahveh will come to be fulfilled. The evil of their doings brings nought but heavy judgments with it. "For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. The Paperback Bible presents the Bible by the Book and is designed to be portable, readable, and truly personal with ample margins for notations. 2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. The unhumbled heart is like ground which may be improved, being let out to us for that purpose, but which is as yet fallow, overgrown with weeds, its natural product. (2) Let the choice be absolute. Is this a contradiction? Call us at 888-634-2038. They needed to cultivate soft hearts that would welcome the Lord"s words. For thus, etc. And the message to Judah in this section is Refusal to Repent Necessitates God’s Punishment. (2:1-28:17) A. Jeremiah preaches his first sermon to Israel. ניר לו ניר, as in Hosea 10:12, plough up new land, to bring new untilled soil under cultivation - a figure for the reformation of life; as much as to say, to prepare new ground for living on, to begin a new life. Foster, Lectures, 1st series, pp. To sow in unfallowed ground was practically to sow on land full of thorns. Break up your fallow ground.âThe Hebrew has the force which comes from the verb and noun being from the same root, Break up for you a broken ground or fallow a fallow field. Jeremiah 3:4 - 3:7. "For" is here not causal, but explanatory: "I say this not only to the men of Israel, but to you, … Of Judah and Jerusalem: the Lord having spoke what he had to say at present to Israel, turns now his speech from Israel to Judah, and so continues it; which consists of several subjects, and first begins with repentance. Jeremiah 4:3-3. 4Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, circumcise your hearts, you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, or my wrath will flare up and burn like fire. shall it be light or darkness? Yes, circumcise your lives for God’s sake. It is usual to till and sow two years, and lay fallow a third: and backsliding Christians look very much like fallow ground; so faithless, so lukewarm, and indifferent; so inattentive to the word, and unconcerned under it; so barren and unfruitful, as if they had never had any faith, or love, or good work in them; so that they need to be renewed in the spirit of their minds; to have a new face of things put upon them: and to have a clean heart, and a right spirit, created in them. Babylon the great fell in one night. Sermons from Jeremiah 3 The Christian’s Supreme Boast (Jeremiah 9:23-24) Why Are We Here? Jeremiah 4:3, ESV: "For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns." Yes indeed, there are things for the sinner to do if he is ever going to be saved. 1363. For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. The metaphor had been used before by Hosea (Hosea 10:12). To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, "Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah ... take away the foreskins of your heart ...", For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, "Just as a farmer does not sow his seed on unplowed ground, so God does not sow His blessings in unrepentant hearts. Break up your fallow ground, &c.— That is, "Purge and purify the field of your hearts by true repentance." The sinner must "Arise and be baptized and wash away his sins" (Acts 22:16); but the actual cleansing and the convert's reception of the Holy Spirit are from above, the convert being passive in their reception. A young man himself (about 20), he was hesitant to speak - Jer 1:6 c. God did not accept his youth as an excuse - Jer 1:7-8 3. break up your fallow ground; this is ground that lies untilled, not ploughed, nor sown, on which nothing grows but the produce of nature, as weeds, thorns, briers, &c. is common to men and beasts, and is trodden upon, and, so is hard and unsusceptible of seed; which, if it accidentally falls upon it, makes no impression on it, and is not received by it; and the breaking of it up is by the plough. Sow not among thorns.âNot without a special interest as, perhaps, containing the germ of the Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13:7. Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. It now follows â. (2:1-3:5) 1. For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and to ... Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Here, as there, the seed is the âword of God,â spoken by the prophet, and taking root in the heart, and the thorns are the âcares of this world,â the selfish desires which choke the good seed and render it unfruitful. 1573. Jeremiah 4:30.—Ibid., vol. The passage before us declares that the men of Judah and Jerusalem were to "circumcise their hearts"; but Deuteronomy 30:6 declares that, "The Lord thy God will circumcise thy heart!" Sermon preached on 30th December 2012 Right relationship with God was Jeremiah’s priority as he surveyed the international scene. They then make a great bustle; yet they mar everything by their own mixtures, the same as though one scattered his seed among thorns: but it will be of no avail thus to cast seed among thorns; for the ground ought to be well cleared and prepared. Hence he says, that God required this from the Jews, â to plough again the fallow, and not to sow among thorns. The breaking up of sinful hearts may prevent the breaking down of a sinful nation. Nay, a field cannot be well prepared by the plough alone, so that it may produce fruit; but much labor is also necessary, as is the case with fallow ground, which is called essarter in our language. We hence see, that not only impiety and contempt of God, and other sins of the people of Israel, are referred to by the Prophet, but also their perverseness; for they had so hardened themselves for many years in their vices, that there was need not only of the plough, but also of other instruments to tear up the thorns, to eradicate those vices which had formed deep roots. But this new section in Jeremiah 4:3-5:6 is all about Judah. No tampering with the accursed thing; no truce with Canaan; no weak attempts to serve two masters; no wretched and wavering wish to grow both tares and wheat. Jeremiah understood what … (Jeremiah 29:1-4) Some Advice to the Discontented (Jeremiah 29:4-6) 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 ten tribes, who were in captivity; unless the same persons should be meant, who were called by these several names, the people of the Jews; and it was in Judea that our Lord appeared in the flesh, and to the inhabitants thereof he ministered, he was the minister of the circumcision; and so to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, whom he called to repentance, and would have gathered, Matthew 23:37. break up your fallow ground; this is ground that lies untilled, not ploughed, nor sown, on which nothing grows but the produce of nature, as weeds, thorns, briers, &c. is common to men and beasts, and is trodden upon, and, so is hard and unsusceptible of seed; which, if it accidentally falls upon it, makes no impression on it, and is not received by it; and the breaking of it up is by the plough. The phrase seems to intimate that the Jews had been wont to mix the truths of God among their own inventions, as seed among thorns, and so corrupted it; as also, that they retained many secret and hidden sins, like hypocrites, which he exhorts them to eradicate. The First Question of the Catechism (Jeremiah 24:7; John 17:3; Ephesians 1:17; 2 Thessalonians 1:8) Why You Need Your Enemies and Your Enemies Need You—Part One (Jeremiah 29:7) Trapped! F. W. Farrar, In the Days of Thy Youth, p. 169. Note: References preceded by dates are sermons . If they then are called to circumcise themselves to the Lord, this must be meant spiritually, of the putting away of the spiritual impurity of the heart, i.e., of all that hinders the sanctifying of the heart; see in Deuteronomy 10:16. .âThe words seem the close of one discourse, the opening of another. Without conversion there is no salvation. The thorns of the parable, and of the prophet's metaphor, are our evil nature; our evil impulses; the wrong which struggles within us, and which, if not suppressed, if not to the utmost of our power eradicated, will render it impossible for the good to grow. ערלות is explained by the figurative use of the word, and the reading ערלת, presented by some codd., is a correction from Deuteronomy 10:16. 11 November 2012 - Working for Unconditional Compassion 11 Jan 1998 - Kindred Spirits in the Lord - Part II. The Babylonian armies had been cruelly conquering one small state after another, getting ever closer to Jerusalem and Judah was threatened with extinction. Jeremiah 1:4. Here the Lord begins to call upon them to repent. For this reason God bids the Israelites to plough the fallows; (100) as though he had said, that they were like a rough ground, which is full of thorns, and that therefore there was need of unusual and by no means a common cultivation; for when thorns and briers grow in a field, of what benefit will it be to cast seed there? Now viewing scripture range from the book of Jeremiah chapter 3:4 through chapter 3:7... Jeremiah Chapter 3. (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, Ho 10:12 and this is the true circumcision of the heart, De 10:16, Ro 2:29, Col 2:11. Sermon on Jeremiah 29:4-14. It appears to this writer that McGee's comment about our own country's needing this same kind of advice is appropriate: The fallow ground needs to be broken up. Perhaps no serious scholar today would limit Jeremiah’s genuine material to the poetry of the book, [14] John Bright, “The Date of the Prose Sermons of Jeremiah,” Journal of Biblical Literature, LXX (March, 1951), 15-35. but every scholar would insist on the importance of a correct identification of the literary type of a passage to its proper interpretation. They prick and gore the soul; (2.) It wasn’t easy for Jeremiah – here we find him complaining about how God had deceived the people through his prophecies. Sermons; Sermon March 16, 2014 Jeremiah 19 “Shattered Beyond Repair, Yet Restored!” Parables that Pack a Punch Sermon # 5 « Sermon March 10, 2014 “The Potter, The Prophet, and God’s Prophecies” Jeremiah 18:1-12 Sermon # 4 in “Parables That Pack a … Alford, Quebec Chapel Sermons, vol. "For thus hath Jahveh spoken to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Break up for yourselves new ground, and sow not among thorns. Here God's Word is directed to Judah, the Southern Israel, with a call for their true repentance and conversion, coupled with a threat of drastic punishment. Daily Dose of Hebrew 2825 Lexington Road Louisville, KY 40280 United States (US) Email: [email protected] To the men, Heb. Get your church set-up with online giving, sermon streaming, and more in under 24 hours. SermonAudio.com - Jeremiah 4 Sermons. As Harrison commented, "Inner cleansing of the heart is the only alternative to destruction by fire, a theme prominent also in the New Testament (Matthew 25:41, etc.)"[6]. Here, as there, the seed is the âword of God,â spoken by the prophet, and taking root in the heart, and the thorns are the âcares of this world,â the selfish desires which choke the good seed and render it unfruitful. If the ground isn't plowed, a seeds roots have no where to go and ultimately will die. 71, 85; Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. It is usual to till and sow two years, and lay fallow a third: and backsliding Christians look very much like fallow ground; so faithless, so lukewarm, and indifferent; so inattentive to the word, and unconcerned under it; so barren and unfruitful, as if they had never had any faith, or love, or good work in them; so that they need to be renewed in the spirit of their minds; to have a new face of things put upon them: and to have a clean heart, and a right spirit, created in them. David Jeremiah Sunday Sermon January 17 2021 Ver. The simple fact is that man is both active and passive in regeneration. Ken Wimer. We have other instances of as sudden a transition from the Israelites (in the narrower sense) to the men of Judah (see Isaiah 8:6-14; Isaiah 10:1-4; Isaiah 28:1-6; in the writer's commentary). The Targum is, "make to yourselves good works, and seek not salvation in sins.'. 349, and vol. to each man; I speak to every individual among you, Ezekiel 20:7,8. We are still preaching, but we are sowing the seed among the thorns. The text here (Jeremiah 4:4) stresses his activity, and the passage in Deuteronomy stresses his passivity.[7]. Hence God laughs to scorn this preposterous care and diligence, in which hypocrites pride themselves, and says, that they busy themselves without any advantage; for it is the same, as though an husbandman had wholly lost his seed; for when the ground is full of briers and thorns, the seed, though it may grow for a time, cannot yet bring forth fruit. Harbour the old serpent; (3.) Jeremiah 4:14.—J. Sow not among thorns. Hard and trodden soils, dull and heavy as the fool's heart, there are; thin and shallow soils, on which only hunger-bitten and blighted harvests grow, there are; and thank God there are also soils rich and good and deep, which bring forth fruit to perfection; but commoner than any of these are those soils in which the tares and wheat grow side by side, and the crisis of time and of eternity depends on this—whether we suffer the tares or the wheat to prevail. It began with an edict of Cyrus the Great, and continued with other great kings of Babylon and Persia. Jeremiah 1:1-3. "Break up your fallow ground ..." (Jeremiah 4:3). Supply mentally. But what is done by hypocrites? Hosea 10:12; Mark 4:1-9). Jeremiah 4:3 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Jeremiah 4:3, NIV: "This is what the LORD says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: 'Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns." Already the prophet sees in spirit the judgment bursting in upon Judah from the north, to the dismay of all who were accounting themselves secure (Jeremiah 4:5-10). 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou [art] the guide of my youth?. man, i.e. `Fallow ground' refers to land that had not been recently cultivated, indicating that conditions in Judah were not at all favorable for the planting of God's Word; and the practical import of the admonition is that they should get rid of all their idols, no longer visit the shrines of the fertility gods, and produce the kind of environment that would encourage godly living. Morality is deteriorating. Verse 3. 18th January 2021 Divine Mansion 0. Jeremiah 4:3-31 Sermon by Peter Kirk for Meadgate Church, 2 nd May 2010 5.30 pm. God reminds Israel of His faithfulness and blessings (v.4-7a) 3. There is a special lesson in our text, because the facts of which it warns us are specially common. Jeremiah 4:3-4 The Message (MSG) 3-4 Here’s another Message from God. 3475 Mainway PO Box 5070, STN LCD 1 Burlington, ON L7R 3Y8. They sow; that is, they shew some concern, yea, they pretend great ardor, when God exhorts them to repent, or when he invites them. that is, shall it be life or death? To the men of Judah.âLiterally, to each man individually. Jeremiah Chapter 4 Verse 3 Alphabetical: among and Break do fallow For ground is Jerusalem Judah LORD men not of says sow the This thorns thus to unplowed up what your OT Prophets: Jeremiah 4:3 For thus says Yahweh to the men (Jer.) It is for this truth that Paul could say, "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling" (Philippians 2:12). - There is no occasion to separate vers. [Note: Dyer, in The Old . 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 ploughed again previously to its being sown. The Targum is, "make to yourselves good works, and seek not salvation in sins.''. Break … fallow ground—that is, Repent of your idolatry, and so be prepared to serve the Lord in truth (Ho 10:12; Mt 13:7). - If Judah and Jerusalem do not reform, the wrath of God will be inevitably kindled against them (Jeremiah 4:3, Jeremiah 4:4). Some have difficulty understanding the part that man must play in his own conversion, repentance, and regeneration. It’s not an easy thing to speak out God’s word. The second clause here explains the first. Jeremiah describes his call, contained in verses 4-10, as both unmistakable and unsolicited.Throughout his life, Jeremiah had no patience with those "professional" cultic practitioners who gave "prophetic" advice for a fee and spent tremendous energy jockeying for better positions and more influence in the cultic hierarchy. The thorns which choke the good seed as it grows (Matthew 13:7) are not mala vestra studia (Ros. ], Thorns. and Jerusalem — that is, and especially the men of Jerusalem, as being the most prominent in Judea. Jeremiah 4:3. Find Top Church Sermons, Illustrations, and PowerPoints for Preaching on Jeremiah 4:3. Any good farmer will tell you that before one can grow any kind of a garden, one must first plow up the ground where the garden will be. David Jeremiah Devotional January 18 2021- The Attitudes of the Spirit . The metaphor had been used before by Hosea (Hosea 10:12). And Jerusalem - i:e., and especially the men of Jerusalem, as being the most prominent in Judea. The Message of Jeremiah 4:3-5:6. Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.". ), but the evil inclinations of the unrenewed heart, which thrive luxuriantly like thorns. Jeremiah 4:3. (3) For thus saith the Lord .
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