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

1The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; 2Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. 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. 4And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever. 5Thus saith Yhwh; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Yhwh.

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 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 26:18Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Yhwh of Armies; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
• Isaiah 2:2And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of Yhwh's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
• Lamentations 5:17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
• Micah 3:12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
• Micah 4:1But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of Yhwh shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
• Jeremiah 15:13Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
• Jeremiah 52:15Then Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
• 2 Kings 24:13And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of Yhwh, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of Yhwh, as Yhwh had said.
• 2 Kings 25:13And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Yhwh, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of Yhwh, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
• Isaiah 30:4For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
• Lamentations 1:10The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.
• Ezekiel 7:20As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
• Jeremiah 12:12The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of Yhwh shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
• Leviticus 26:30And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
• Isaiah 27:9By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
• Ezekiel 6:3And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yhwh; Thus saith the Lord Yhwh to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon 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

In the dictionaries

• Discontinue
• Grove
• Hallow
• Hatch
• Salt
• Sit
• High Place

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