This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:

“Break up your unplowed ground(A)
    and do not sow among thorns.(B)

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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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12 Sow(A) righteousness(B) for yourselves,
    reap the fruit of unfailing love,
and break up your unplowed ground;(C)
    for it is time to seek(D) the Lord,
until he comes
    and showers his righteousness(E) on you.

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12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

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