Circumcision of the Heart
As we consider the next sign given by the prophet Jeremiah (4:4), we observe that it is very much a reinforcement of the previous one discussed in the previous article in this series (Break Up Your Fallow Ground– February 2019 Advocate). The figure of Yahweh’s exhortation to the men of Judah and Jerusalem in Jeremiah 4:4 changes from one related to agriculture in verse 3, to that of the ordinance of circumcision; but the substance of the rebuke and warning from the LORD is t