Harbour the old serpent; (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. The simple fact is that man is both active and passive in regeneration. "For thus hath Jahveh spoken to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Break up for yourselves new ground, and sow not among thorns. References: Jeremiah 4:3.—W. For — The Lord turns now his speech from Israel to Judah. 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 seed-corns are the good resolutions which, when they have sunk into the soil of the mind, should spring up into deeds (Hitz.). And Jerusalem - i:e., and especially the men of Jerusalem, as being the most prominent in Judea. SermonAudio.com - Jeremiah 4 Sermons. 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. Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. Jeremiah 3:7-8, Jeremiah 3:10-11. The words may be applied to backsliding professors, since backsliding Israel and Judah are the persons addressed; and this may be done with great propriety and pertinence to the simile; for fallow ground is that which has been broke up and sown, and laid fallow. 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. Exodus 6:12. Jeremiah knew that the Judah’s… 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. But this new section in Jeremiah 4:3-5:6 is all about Judah. will he keep [it] to the end? They needed to plow up the previously unplowed soil that symbolized their hearts (cf. Someone needs to say something about it. For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. 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. This judgment of wrath the prophet already in spirit sees breaking on Judah. Jeremiah 4:4. 1363. Jeremiah 1:4. Jeremiah 4:3-31 Sermon by Peter Kirk for Meadgate Church, 2 nd May 2010 5.30 pm. vii., No. F. W. Farrar, In the Days of Thy Youth, p. 169. Hence he says, that God required this from the Jews, — to plough again the fallow, and not to sow among thorns. Break up your fallow ground, &c.— That is, "Purge and purify the field of your hearts by true repentance." The thought to be supplied is: this conversion is indispensable for Judah also, for Judah too must begin a new life. Note: References preceded by dates are sermons . and Jerusalem—that is, and especially the men of Jerusalem, as being the most prominent in Judea. The text here (Jeremiah 4:4) stresses his activity, and the passage in Deuteronomy stresses his passivity.[7]. To the men, Heb. Get your church set-up with online giving, sermon streaming, and more in under 24 hours. and in him they will boast.”. 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. 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. 5 Will he reserve [his anger] for ever? The Babylonian armies had been cruelly conquering one small state after another, getting ever closer to Jerusalem and Judah was threatened with extinction. 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). All which (the foregoing declaration as to Israel) applies to Judah. Learn more. Certainly not. ], Thorns. to each man; I speak to every individual among you, Ezekiel 20:7,8. 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. 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. From All-Creatures.org Sermons Archive Table of Contents of Bible Verses. The אם תּשׁוּב, Jeremiah 4:1, contained the indirect call to repent. Here, as there, the seed is the “word of God,” spoken by the prophet, and taking root in the heart, and the thorns are the “cares of this world,” the selfish desires which choke the good seed and render it unfruitful. shall it be light or darkness? It began with an edict of Cyrus the Great, and continued with other great kings of Babylon and Persia. 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. ... Jeremiah 4:3 3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Without conversion there is no salvation. (Calmet). - There is no occasion to separate vers. Verse 3. 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. Babylon the great fell in one night. 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 metaphor had been used before by Hosea (Hosea 10:12). 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 were full of deceits and of every kind of impiety and wickedness. xi., p. 284; G. Litting, Thirty Children's Sermons, p. 141. Find Top Church Sermons, Illustrations, and PowerPoints for Preaching on Jeremiah 4:3. Jeremiah understood what … For thus, etc. Sermon preached on 30th December 2012 Right relationship with God was Jeremiah’s priority as he surveyed the international scene. The thorns which choke the good seed as it grows (Matthew 13:7) are not mala vestra studia (Ros. prepare your hearts by making them soft, tender, and pliable, fit to embrace my word; a metaphor taken from ploughmen, that do either prepare the ground that hath lain some time waste and untilled, by tearing up the surface of the earth, making it mellow and soft to receive the seed; (for the Hebrew word nir seems to be of larger extent than bare preparation; God useth the same word when he speaks to the same purpose to Israel, Hosea 10:13; and so it is used Proverbs 13:23) or it may relate to both, that every thing that may be injurious to the seed may be stubbed up. Topic: Focus On Farming. 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. Or rather, From such as plough the ground. They prick and gore the soul; (2.) and Jerusalem. 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