Jeremiah 17:3

Jeremiah 17:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.
• New International Version (NIV)My mountain in the land and your wealth and all your treasures I will give away as plunder, together with your high places, because of sin throughout your country.
• English Standard Version (ESV)on the mountains in the open country. Your wealth and all your treasures I will give for spoil as the price of your high places for sin throughout all your territory.
• New King James Version (NKJV)O My mountain in the field, I will give as plunder your wealth, all your treasures, And your high places of sin within all your borders.

Context of Jeremiah 17:3

1“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars. 2Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills. O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders. 4And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.” 5This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

Jeremiah 17:3 word by word

הֲרָרִי֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה חֵילְךָ֥ כָל־אוֹצְרוֹתֶ֖יךָ לָבַ֣ז אֶתֵּ֑ן בָּמֹתֶ֕יךָ בְּחַטָּ֖את בְּכָל־גְּבוּלֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

• O My mountainהָרָרhârâr · mountainH2042
• in the countrysideשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• I will give overנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• your wealthחַ֫יִלchayil · strength: richH2428
• and allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• your treasuresאוֹצָר'ôtsâr · treasureH214
• as plunderבַּזbaz · plunderH957
• because of the sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• of your high placesבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• your bordersגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: areaH1366

Cross-references for Jeremiah 17:3

• Jeremiah 26:18“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
• Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
• Lamentations 5:17Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
• Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
• Micah 4:1In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
• Jeremiah 15:13Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.
• Jeremiah 52:15Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen.
• 2 Kings 24:13As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
• 2 Kings 25:13Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
• Isaiah 30:4For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
• Lamentations 1:10The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary— those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
• Ezekiel 7:20His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.
• Jeremiah 12:12Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.
• Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
• Isaiah 27:9Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
• Ezekiel 6:3You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 17:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3O my mountain in the field - The prophet here addresses the land of Judea, which was a mountainous country, Deuteronomy 3:25; but Jerusalem itself may be meant, which is partly built upon hills which, like itself, are elevated above the rest of the country.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3O my mountain in the field - i. e., Jerusalem or Zion, called the Rock of the Plain in Jeremiah 21:13. “The field” is the open unenclosed country, here contrasted with the privileged height of Zion. Or sin - i. e., because of thy sin.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The Lord's holy mountain was the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, where people stored wealth and treasures.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. mountain--Jerusalem, and especially Zion and the temple. in the field--As Jerusalem was surrounded by mountains (Psa 125:2), the sense probably is, Ye rely on your mountainous position (Jr 3:23), but I will make "My mountain" to become as if it were in a plain (field), so as to give thy substance an easy prey to the enemy [Calvin]. "Field" may, however, mean all Judea; it and "My mountain" will thus express the country and its capital. (Gesenius…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 17:3

• Idolatry
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings