Eternal One: Break up the hard, untilled soil!
        It is a waste to plant seeds among thorns.
⁴     Circumcise yourselves to Me;
        cut away the foreskin of your hearts,
        men of Judah and people of Jerusalem.
    Remove all that stands between us,
        and devote yourselves fully to Me,
    Or the heat of My anger will burn as an unquenchable fire
        against your wicked ways.

⁵ Eternal One (to Jeremiah): Cry out to those in Jerusalem. Proclaim to all of Judah.
        Let the trumpets blare throughout the land!
    Say to the people, “Gather everyone from the outlying villages,
        and run toward the fortified cities.”