Jeremiah 4:1–4

BLESSING OR CURSE

4 If you return,B Israel—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

you will return to me,f

if you remove your abhorrent idolsg

from my presence

and do not waver,

2 then you can swear, “As the Lord lives,”h

in truth,i justice, and righteousness,j

and then the nations will be blessedC by himk

and will boast in him.l

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

Break up the unplowed ground;m

do not sow among the thorns.n

4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;

remove the foreskin of your hearts,o

men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem.

Otherwise, my wrath will break out like fire

and burn with no one to extinguish itp

because of your evil deeds.