Jeremiah 17:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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 the sentence, to call attention to them.

for sin. in sin: i.e. as. punishment for sin.

Jeremiah 17:3

3 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.