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Your hearts are as hard as a field that has not been plowed. If you change your ways, you will produce good crops. So plant the seeds of doing what is right. Then you will harvest the fruit of your faithful love. It is time to turn to me. When you do, I will come and shower my blessings on you.
Reference
Greek: ἐστί (estí)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
Greek: καθά (kathá)
according to which things, i.e. just as
Hebrew: tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Greek: δύσκολος (dýskolos)
properly, fastidious about eating (peevish), i.e. (genitive case) impracticable
Hebrew: ʼêythân
permanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftain
Greek: καθά (kathá)
according to which things, i.e. just as
Hebrew: tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Hebrew: ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Greek: χωρίον (chōríon)
a spot or plot of ground
Hebrew: bar
a field
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: οὐδαμῶς (oudamōs)
by no means
Hebrew: ʼîyn
is it not?
Hebrew: hârâh
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
Greek: ἀλλάσσω (allássō)
to make different
Hebrew: chălîyphâh
alternation
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: βίος (bíos)
life, i.e. (literally) the present state of existence; by implication, the means of livelihood
Hebrew: rᵉkûwsh
property (as gathered)
Hebrew: kᵉnêmâʼ
so or thus
Greek: φυτεία (phyteía)
trans-planting, i.e. (concretely) a shrub or vegetable
Hebrew: neṭaʻ
a plant; collectively, a plantation; abstractly, a planting
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: maʻălâl
an act (good or bad)
Hebrew: mân
who or what (properly, interrogatively, hence, also indefinitely and relatively)
Greek: τοίνυν (toínyn)
truly now, i.e. accordingly
Hebrew: ʼăzay
at that time
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: θερισμός (therismós)
reaping, i.e. the crop
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ὀπώρα (opṓra)
properly, even-tide of the (summer) season (dog-days), i.e. (by implication) ripe fruit
Hebrew: ʼêb
{a green plant}
Hebrew: ʼahab
affection (in a good or a bad sense)
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Hebrew: môneh
properly, something weighed out, i.e. (figuratively) a portion of time, i.e. an instance
Greek: ἐμαυτοῦ (emautoû)
of myself so likewise the dative case , and accusative case
Greek: ἐπάν (epán)
a particle of indefinite contemporaneousness; whenever, as soon as
Greek: κατατίθημι (katatíthēmi)
to place down, i.e. deposit (literally or figuratively)
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: ἐνίστημι (enístēmi)
to place on hand, i.e. (reflexively) impend, (participle) be instant
Hebrew: mᵉṭâʼ
to arrive, extend or happen
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: ὄμβρος (ómbros)
a thunder storm
Hebrew: râbîyb
a rain (as an accumulation of drops)
Hebrew: ʼÔwn
On, an Israelite
Grace
Amos 5:15
Parallel theme
Isaiah 44:3
Ecclesiastes 11:6
Luke 13:24
References Lord
Isaiah 55:6
Hosea 6:3
Psalm 105:4
Righteousness
Isaiah 45:8
James 3:18
Proverbs 11:18
Verse Explanation
God calls Israel to sow righteousness, reap steadfast love, and break up its hard ground by seeking Him, offering a clear opportunity for repentance before judgment becomes overwhelming.
History
Agricultural metaphor: Farming imagery would have been immediately understandable in Israel's agricultural society.