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God's Privileged City Judged
Scholars overwhelmingly identify "my mountain in the field" as a poetic name for Jerusalem or Zion. Its status as God's special city, set apart from the common "field," did not protect it from judgment. This serves as a powerful reminder that a privileged position or heritage offers no immunity when sin is present; God's holiness demands obedience from all.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 17:3
18th Century
Theologian
O my mountain in the field - that is, Jerusalem or Zion, called the Rock of the Plain in Jeremiah 21:13. “The field” is the open unenclosed …
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 17:3
19th Century
Bishop
My mountain in the field. —As in Jeremiah 21:13; Isaiah 2:2; Micah 4:2, a poetic phrase for Jerusalem or Zio…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 17:3–8
19th Century
Preacher
Oh, the blessedness of confidence in God! You see it here set out in contrast with the misery of trusting in men. Drought comes even to this tree, …
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 17:3
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet again repeats that punishment was near the Jews, and that it was useless for them to seek hiding places for themselves, because God wou…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 17:3
17th Century
Pastor
O my mountain in the midst of the field
Meaning either the temple, called the mountain of the house, and of the Lord'…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 17:1–4
17th Century
Minister
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 engraved upon the tabl…