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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 17:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 17:3 |
Strong Concordance |
O my mountain [02042] in the field [07704], I will give [05414] thy substance [02428] and all thy treasures [0214] to the spoil [0957], and thy high places [01116] for sin [02403], throughout all thy borders [01366]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
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 (Jer 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 translates, "together with," instead of "in"; as the Hebrew is translated in Jer 11:19; Hos 5:6; but this is not absolutely needed), "the substance" of both of which God "will give to the spoil."
thy high places--corresponding in parallelism to "My mountain" (compare Isa 11:9), as "all thy borders," to "the field" (which confirms the view that "field" means all Judea).
for sin--connected with high places" in English Version, namely, frequented for sin, that is, for idolatrous sacrifices. But Jer 15:13 makes the rendering probable, "I will give thy substance . . . to . . . spoil . . . on account of thy sin throughout all thy borders." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
O my mountain in the field - i. e., Jerusalem or Zion, called the Rock of the Plain in Jer 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. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| My mountain - Jerusalem stood at the foot of an hill, and part of it on the side of it, upon the top of which hills, were many pleasant fields. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| O my mountain in the field - The prophet here addresses the land of Judea, which was a mountainous country, Deu 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. |
13 Thy substance [02428] and thy treasures [0214] will I give [05414] to the spoil [0957] without price [04242], and that for all thy sins [02403], even in all thy borders [01366].
9 They shall not hurt [07489] nor destroy [07843] in all my holy [06944] mountain [02022]: for the earth [0776] shall be full [04390] of the knowledge [01844] of the LORD [03068], as the waters [04325] cover [03680] the sea [03220].
6 They shall go [03212] with their flocks [06629] and with their herds [01241] to seek [01245] the LORD [03068]; but they shall not find [04672] him; he hath withdrawn [02502] himself from them.
19 But I was like a lamb [03532] or an ox [0441] that is brought [02986] to the slaughter [02873]; and I knew [03045] not that they had devised [02803] devices [04284] against me, saying, Let us destroy [07843] the tree [06086] with the fruit [03899] thereof, and let us cut him off [03772] from the land [0776] of the living [02416], that his name [08034] may be no more remembered [02142].
23 Truly [0403] in vain [08267] is salvation hoped for from the hills [01389], and from the multitude [01995] of mountains [02022]: truly [0403] in the LORD [03068] our God [0430] is the salvation [08668] of Israel [03478].
2 As the mountains [02022] are round about [05439] Jerusalem [03389], so the LORD [03068] is round about [05439] his people [05971] from henceforth even for [05704] ever [05769].
13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant [03427] of the valley [06010], and rock [06697] of the plain [04334], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]; which say [0559], Who shall come down [05181] against us? or who shall enter [0935] into our habitations [04585]?
25 I pray thee, let me go over [05674], and see [07200] the good [02896] land [0776] that is beyond [05676] Jordan [03383], that goodly [02896] mountain [02022], and Lebanon [03844].