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Yahweh is speaking.
Sow righteousness for yourselves,
Using the language of farming, strive for a good relationship with God. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
and reap the fruit of covenant faithfulness
The result will be a great relationship with God. (see: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
Break up your unplowed ground
Unplowed ground symbolizes what their lives were like - full of sins. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
You have plowed wickedness
This is the other side. But in reality you have planted wrongdoing (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor).
you reaped injustice. You have eaten the fruit of deception
These two phrase are saying the same thing. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)