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Jeremiah 17:1

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;

KJV

Peccatum Juda scriptum est stylo ferreo in ungue adamantino, exaratum super latitudinem cordis eorum, et in cornibus ararum eorum.

Vulgate

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;

ASV

חַטַּ֣את יְהוּדָ֗ה כְּתוּבָ֛ה בְּ/עֵ֥ט בַּרְזֶ֖ל בְּ/צִפֹּ֣רֶן שָׁמִ֑יר חֲרוּשָׁה֙ עַל ל֣וּחַ לִבָּ֔/ם וּ/לְ/קַרְנ֖וֹת מִזְבְּחוֹתֵי/כֶֽם

Hebrew

The sin of Juda is written with a pen of iron, with the point of a diamond, it is graven upon the table of their heart, upon the horns of their altars.

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In this verse

People JudahJudah

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בַּרְזֶל֙
brzl
noun · 76×
הָ
h
noun · 2×
ו
v
noun · 74×
חַטָּ֖את
cht't
noun · 298×
חֹ֣רְשֵׁי
chrshy
verb · 72×
י
y
noun · 591×
יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
כְּתוּבִ֗ים
ktvbym
verb · 225×
לֻּחֹ֔ת
lcht
noun · 43×
מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
mzbch
noun · 402×
עֵ֖ט
't
noun · 4×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שָׁמִ֥יר
shmyr
noun · 11×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 3:3 — 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 h
  • Amos 8:7 — The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
  • Hos 12:11 — 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.
  • Jer 2:22 — For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Job 19:23 — Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
  • Job 19:24 — That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
  • Lev 4:17 — And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.
  • Lev 4:25 — 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 o
  • Prov 3:3 — Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
  • Prov 3:3 — Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
  • Prov 7:3 — Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
  • Prov 7:3 — Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.