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Jeremiah 17:1

Sin
“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.

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

3 O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
KJV
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
WEB
“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.
ASV
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
DARBY
The sin of Judah is written with a style of iron, with the point of a diamond, engraven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
BLB
[“] The sin of Judah [is] written with a stylus of iron; with the nail of a diamond [it is] engraved upon the tablet of their heart and on the horns of your⁺ altars,
ÅB
Judas synd er skrevet med en jerngriffel, med en diamantspiss; den er inngravet på deres hjertes tavle og på deres alteres horn,
OTB
Judas synd er risset med et jernverktøy, gravert med en flintspiss på tavlene av deres hjerter og på hornene av deres altere.
B1930
Judas synd er skrevet med en jerngriffel, med en diamantspiss; den er inngravet på deres hjertes tavle og på deres alteres horn,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Proverbs 3:3

    Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

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  • 2 Corinthians 3:3

    It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

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  • Proverbs 7:3

    Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

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  • Leviticus 4:25

    Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

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  • Job 19:23–24

    I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,

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  • Leviticus 4:17–18

    and he is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the veil.

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  • Hosea 12:11

    Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

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