Jeremiah 17:1 ““The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diam…”

Jeremiah 17:1

“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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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;

World English Bible

“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.

American Standard Version

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;

Geneva Bible 1599

The sinne of Iudah is written with a pen of yron, and with the poynt of a diamonde, and grauen vpon the table of their heart, and vpon the hornes of your altars.

Darby Translation

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;

Young's Literal Translation

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, With the point of a diamond, Graven on the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your altars,

Bible in Basic English

The sin of Judah is recorded with a pen of iron, and with the sharp point of a jewel it is cut on their hearts of stone, and on the horns of their altars for a sign to them:

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Cross references

“written”

Job 19:23 Job 19:24

Job 19:23 · BSB

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

Job 19:24 · BSB

by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.

“graven”

Proverbs 3:3 2 Corinthians 3:3 Proverbs 7:3

Proverbs 3:3 · BSB

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

2 Corinthians 3:3 · BSB

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.

Proverbs 7:3 · BSB

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

“and upon”

Leviticus 4:25 Hosea 12:11 Leviticus 4:17 Leviticus 4:18

Leviticus 4:25 · BSB

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.

Hosea 12:11 · BSB

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.

Leviticus 4:17 · BSB

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

Leviticus 4:18 · BSB

He is also to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the T…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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