Lux Domini
For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

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Interpretation

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 corrupt heart.

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This thought runs through Jeremiah 4:3-4.

Jeremiah 4:3 Jeremiah 4:4

Glossary

Jerusalem Place
Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.