See on Jeremiah 17:2 for amended reading, which is adopted by Du. and Co. The rendering in the text makes the "mountain" to apply to Jerusalem. But as a designation for the city it has a strange appearance, and Jeremiah 21:13, quoted in its support, is precarious.

thy substance …(Jeremiah 17:4) for ever See on Jeremiah 15:13 f. where the greater part of this passage has occurred in a form somewhat less well preserved.

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