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 people of Judah love to do bad things. Their sins are deep inside them. It is like they are written on their hearts and on the horns of their altars. They are written with an iron pen. Nobody can remove the list of their sins. 2Even their children always think about their altars where they worship false gods. They have put up their Asherah poles under the big trees and on the high hills. They also worship their false gods on the mountains and in the fields. So I will cause enemies to take all your valuable things. They will take your riches for themselves. That will be the price that you pay for your sins. You have done evil things everywhere in the land. 4I gave you this land to be your home for ever. But it will no longer belong to you. Your enemies will take you to a land that you do not know. You will be their slaves. You have made me very angry, like a fire that nobody can stop.’ 5The Lord says, ‘I will curse those who only trust people to help them. They think that human strength will save them, and they turn away from me, the Lord.

Jeremiah 17:3 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• O my mountainהָרָרhârâr · mountainH2042
• in the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• I will giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• thy substanceחַ֫יִלchayil · strength: richH2428
• all thy treasuresאוֹצָר'ôtsâr · treasureH214
• to the spoilבַּזbaz · plunderH957
• thy high placesבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• for sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• throughout all thy bordersגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: areaH1366

Cross-references for Jeremiah 17:3

• Jeremiah 26:18They said, ‘Micah from Moresheth prophesied when Hezekiah was king of Judah. He gave this message to all the people of Judah: “The Lord Almighty says this: Zion will be like a field that a farmer has dug. Jerusalem will become a heap of stones. Trees will cover the hill where the temple is now.”
• Isaiah 2:2This is what will happen in the last days. The mountain where the Lord's temple is will continue to be there. It will be the most important mountain of all. It will be higher than all the hills around it. People from every nation will go there all the time.
• Lamentations 5:17So our bodies feel ill and we feel ill deep inside us. Our eyes are very tired and we cannot hope for good things any longer.
• Micah 3:12Because of how you live, Zion will be like a field that a farmer has dug. Jerusalem will become a heap of stones. Trees will cover the hill where the temple is now.
• Micah 4:1In the last days, the mountain where the Lord's house is will be the highest mountain. It will be the most important of all the mountains. It will be higher than the hills, and people from many countries will go to it.
• Jeremiah 15:13I will give all your valuable things to your enemies. They will take them all away. You will receive nothing in return. That will pay for the sins that you have done everywhere in your land.
• Jeremiah 52:15Captain Nebuzaradan sent away as prisoners some of the poor people and the rest of the people who remained in Jerusalem. He also sent away those people who had agreed to serve the king of Babylon, and the workers who had special skills.
• 2 Kings 24:13King Nebuchadnezzar took all the valuable things from the Lord's temple and from the king's palace. He cut away all the gold things that King Solomon had made for the Lord's temple. The Lord had already warned that this would happen.
• 2 Kings 25:13The soldiers from Babylon broke the two bronze pillars that were in the Lord's temple. They also broke the carts which carried the buckets for water and the large bath called ‘the Sea’. They carried all the bronze pieces away to Babylon.
• Isaiah 30:4Judah's officers have arrived in Zoan, and some of them have gone to Hanes.
• Lamentations 1:10The enemies have taken away all Jerusalem's valuable things. Foreign people have walked into God's holy house. But God had said that people like that must not go in there. They are not his people.
• Ezekiel 7:20They were proud of their beautiful jewels. They used them to make disgusting idols and images. That is why I, the Lord, have made them hate their valuable things.
• Jeremiah 12:12Soldiers will march over the hills in the wilderness. They will come to destroy the whole land. I, the Lord, will use them as my weapon. I will punish everyone. Nobody will be safe.
• Leviticus 26:30The Lord will destroy the places where they worship false gods. He will destroy their very bad incense altars. He will put their dead bodies round their idols. He will hate them.
• Isaiah 27:9In that way the Lord punished Jacob's descendants for their sins. They are no longer guilty. This will be the result when God has taken away Jacob's sin completely: All the stones in their altars will become small pieces of chalk. There will be no Asherah pole or altars for incense that continue to stand.
• Ezekiel 6:3Say, “You mountains of Israel, listen to this message from the Almighty Lord. This is what the Almighty Lord says to the mountains, the hills and the valleys: I am coming here to attack you. I will destroy the places where you worship false gods.

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