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Verse Jeremiah 17:3. _O 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 p...
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O 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....
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CHAPTER 17
_ 1. Judah's sin (Jeremiah 17:1) _
2. The curse and the blessing (Jeremiah 17:5)
3. The worship of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 17:12)
4. Concerning the Sabbath ...
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JEREMIAH 16:1 TO JEREMIAH 17:18. THE COMING DISTRESS A PENALTY FOR
SIN. The prophet is forbidden to found a family, because of the coming
sorrows (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 7:29 ff.), in which death will be...
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MOUNTAIN IN THE FIELD. Figure of speech _Periphrasis_, put for
Jerusalem. Compare "rock of the plain" (Jeremiah 21:13).
I WILL GIVE. By Figure of speech _Hyperbaton_, these words come at the
end of t...
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Jeremiah 17:1. See introd. summary to section.
The _vv_. are omitted in LXX, either (as St Jerome suggests) from
unwillingness that the lasting condemnation here expressed should be
put on permanent...
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The text is difficult, and pretty certainly contains some error. Du.
and Co. omit from "whilst their" to "Asherim," as a gloss, introduced
to shew how indelible was Judah's guilt, to be remembered by...
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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
appea...
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O MY MOUNTAIN— Houbigant, following the Vulgate, reads thus, _Thy
high places are in all thy borders; I will therefore for all thy sins
cause thy riches and treasures to be spoiled._ According to our...
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IV. PROPHETIC SAYINGS Jeremiah 17:1-11
The first eleven verses of chapter 17 contain three independent
sayings of the prophet probably from three different sermons. These
sayings do not seem to have a...
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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.
MY MOUNTAIN - Jerusalem, and especially Zion and...
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1-4. The sin of Judah is indelible. Hence the severity of the
punishment....
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O MY MOUNTAIN IN THE FIELD] The hill on which Jerusalem is built rises
high above the plain. On the other hand, it is lower than the
surrounding mountains, hence can be spoken of as a 'valley' in
Jere...
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MY MOUNTAIN IN THE FIELD. — As in Jeremiah 21:13; Isaiah 2:2; Micah
4:2, a poetic phrase for Jerusalem or Zion, its greatness consisting
not in its material elevation above the “field” or surrounding...
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הֲרָרִי֙ בַּ † שָּׂדֶ֔ה חֵילְךָ֥ כָל
־אֹוצְרֹותֶ֖יךָ...
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CHAPTER IX
THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS
Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?)
VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these
Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...
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HUMAN AND DIVINE HELP CONTRASTED
Jeremiah 17:1-14
The Jews were always seeking alliance either with Egypt or Babylon.
What was true of them applies to us all; but we cannot depend upon
human aid, wit...
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Once again Jehovah declared His determination to deal with the people
in judgment, because of the defiant definiteness of their sin. That
sin was "written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a d...
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(e) 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.
(e) Zion that was my mountain, will now be l...
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_Sin of idolatry, chap. xv. 13._...
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Observe when the Lord threatens punishment, he still speaks of his
mountain and his people. Israel and Judah are still the Lord's, though
chastened with the chastisement of a man. Jeremiah 31:20....
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The Prophet again repeats, that punishment was nigh the Jews, and that
it availed them nothing to seek for themselves recesses and
lurking-places, for God would draw them forth from the mountains and...
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The great thing, amidst all that was going on, was to trust in
Jehovah. He who, failing in this, made flesh his arm, should not see
when good came. Meantime the fire of God's anger was kindled and
sho...
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O MY MOUNTAIN IN THE MIDST OF THE FIELD,.... Meaning either the
temple, called the mountain of the house, and of the Lord's house,
Micah 3:12, or else Jerusalem, which stood on a hill in the midst of...
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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.
Ver. 3. _O my mountain in the field._] Or, O my...
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_O my mountain in the field_ By this expression the prophet is
thought, by many interpreters, to intend the temple, which stood on a
mountain, called elsewhere, _the mountain of the Lord's house_,
(Is...
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THE REASON FOR JUDAH'S REJECTION...
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O my mountain in the field, Jerusalem, and especially Zion and the
Temple, I WILL GIVE THY SUBSTANCE AND ALL THY TREASURES TO THE SPOIL,
into the possession of the enemies, AND THY HIGH PLACES FOR SIN...
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1-4 The sins which men commit make little impression on their minds,
yet every sin is marked in the book of God; they are all so graven
upon the table of the heart, that they will all be remembered b...
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O MY MOUNTAIN IN THE FIELD; O Mount Zion; for though Jerusalem stood
in a plain, yet it was at the foot of a hill, and part of it was built
upon the side of the hill, upon the top of which hills Were...
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THE DEPTHS OF JUDAH'S SIN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES (JEREMIAH 17:1).
The thought of what YHWH is going to do in the future brings Jeremiah
back to the present to consider Judah's current state and its
con...
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Jeremiah 17:1. _The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and
with the point of a diamond:_
It is so ingrained in their very nature that you might as well try to
erase an inscription that is wr...
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CONTENTS: Sign of the unmarried prophet, concluded. Message in the
gates concerning the Sabbath.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: The heart of man, out of communion with God, is wicked and
dece...
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Jeremiah 17:1. _The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron._ Yea,
it is deeply written on the heart, as the diamond will write on
polished stones, on tablets of brass, or on the brazen altars of B...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 17:1 PEN OF IRON... POINT OF DIAMOND.
These were tools for carving on stone, which is what THEIR HEART has
become. BESIDE EVERY GREEN TREE,...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.
Jeremiah 17:1 continue the prophecy of chap. 16. A distinct break in
the continuity of the book is noticeable at Jeremiah 17:19. [_Keil_
se...
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EXPOSITION
Jeremiah 17:1 are closely connected with the preceding chapter. We
have just been pointed to the striking contrast between the conduct of
the heathen and that of the backsliding men of Juda...
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Chapter 17 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with
the point of a diamond (Jeremiah 17:1):
Interesting that they were using diamonds for pens in those days,
isn't it? Diamonds set in...
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2 Kings 24:13; 2 Kings 25:13; Ezekiel 16:39; Ezekiel 6:3; Ezekie
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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....