Fallow-ground The expression, "Break up your fallow ground" (Hosea 10:12; Jeremiah 4:3) means, "Do not sow your See d among thorns", i.e., break off all your evil habits; clear your hearts of weeds, in order that they may be prepared for the See d of righteousness. Land was allowed to lie fallow that it might become more fruitful; but when in this condition, it soon became overgrown with thorns and weeds. The cultivator of the soil was careful to "break up" his fallow ground, i.e., to clear the field of weeds, before sowing See d in it. So says the prophet, "Break off your evil ways, repent of your sins, cease to do evil, and then the good See d of the word will have room to grow and bear fruit."