Jeremiah 17:4

"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."

Key Reflection

This verse signifies God's judgment on Jerusalem, indicating that despite its privileged position as the "mountain in the field," or Zion, Israel would lose all its wealth and high places of worship due to sin. These losses would extend throughout their entire territory, emphasizing the severity of their moral failures.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The verb rendered “discontinue” is that used of letting the land restExodus 23:11, and of releasing creditorsDeuteronomy 15:2in the sabbatical year. As Judah had not kept these sabbatical years she must now discontinue the tillage of God’s inheritance until the land had had its rest. “Even thyself may mean and that through thyself,” through thine own fault.

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