Jeremiah 17:3 (WEB)

Passage

My mountain in the field, I will give your substance and all your treasures for a plunder, and your high places, because of sin, throughout all your borders.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 17:1 “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. It is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars.

Jeremiah 17:2 Even their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles by the green trees on the high hills.

Jeremiah 17:3 My mountain in the field, I will give your substance and all your treasures for a plunder, and your high places, because of sin, throughout all your borders.

Jeremiah 17:4 You, even of yourself, will discontinue from your heritage that I gave you. I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you don’t know, for you have kindled a fire in my anger which will burn forever.”

Jeremiah 17:5 Yahweh says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, relies on strength of flesh, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mountain", "field", "give", "substance", "treasures", "plunder", "high", and "places". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mountain" and "field", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "Even their children remember their altars and..." into verse 4's "You even of yourself will discontinue from...", so "mountain" and "field" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "mountain" and "field" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.