¶ 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;
Complete Jewish Bible:
"Y'hudah's sin is written with an iron pen; with a diamond point it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns of your altars.
Berean Standard Bible:
“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.
American Standard Version:
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, andwith the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
[Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put [it] upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.
[Is there] iniquity [in] Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars [are] as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
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Commentary for Jeremiah 17:1
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
Strong's Number: H2403 There are 272 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: חַטָּאָה Transliteration: chaṭṭâʼâh Pronunciation: khat-taw-aw' Description: or חַטָּאת; from חָטָא; an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender; punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).
Strong's Number: H3063 There are 754 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: יְהוּדָה Transliteration: Yᵉhûwdâh Pronunciation: yeh-hoo-daw' Description: from יָדָה; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory; Judah.
Strong's Number: H3789 There are 212 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: כָּתַב Transliteration: kâthab Pronunciation: kaw-thab' Description: a primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe); describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
Strong's Number: H5842 There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: עֵט Transliteration: ʻêṭ Pronunciation: ate Description: from עִיט (contracted) in the sense of swooping, i.e. side-long stroke; a stylus or marking stick; pen.
Strong's Number: H1270 There are 70 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: בַּרְזֶל Transliteration: barzel Pronunciation: bar-zel' Description: perhaps from the root of בִּרְזוֹת; iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement; (ax) head, iron.
Strong's Number: H6856 There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: צִפֹּרֶן Transliteration: tsippôren Pronunciation: tsip-po'-ren Description: from צָפַר (in the denominative sense (from צִפּוֹר) of scratching); properly, a claw, i.e. (human) nail; also the point of astyle (or pen, tipped with adamant); nail, point.
Strong's Number: H8068 There are 11 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: שָׁמִיר Transliteration: shâmîyr Pronunciation: shaw-meer' Description: from שָׁמַר in the original sense of pricking; a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond; adamant (stone), brier, diamond.
Strong's Number: H2790 There are 66 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: חָרַשׁ Transliteration: chârash Pronunciation: khaw-rash' Description: a primitive root; to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness); [idiom] altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
Strong's Number: H3871 There are 33 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: לוּחַ Transliteration: lûwach Pronunciation: loo'-akh Description: or לֻחַ; from a primitive root; probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal; board, plate, table.
Strong's Number: H3820 There are 550 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: לֵב Transliteration: lêb Pronunciation: labe Description: a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
Strong's Number: H7161 There are 69 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: קֶרֶן Transliteration: qeren Pronunciation: keh'-ren Description: from קָרַן; a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively, power; [idiom] hill, horn.
Strong's Number: H4196 There are 338 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: מִזְבֵּחַ Transliteration: mizbêach Pronunciation: miz-bay'-akh Description: from זָבַח; an altar; altar.