KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Jeremiah 17:3 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“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.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “O my mountain” | הֲרָרִי֙ | A mountain | O mountain |
| “in the field,” | בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה | A field (as flat) | field |
| “I will give” | אֶתֵּ֑ן | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | give |
| “thy substance” | חֵילְךָ֥ | Probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength | substance |
| “and” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “all” | כָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “thy treasures” | אוֹצְרוֹתֶ֖יךָ | A depository | treasures |
| “to the spoil,” | לָבַ֣ז | Plunder | spoil |
| “and” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “thy high places” | בָּמֹתֶ֕יךָ | An elevation | high places |
| “for sin,” | בְּחַטָּ֖את | An offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender | sin |
| “throughout all” | בְּכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | throughout all |
| “thy borders.” | גְּבוּלֶֽיךָ׃ | Properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed | borders |
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1 The 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;
2 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
3 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.
4 And 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.
5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
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