Jeremiah 17:1

חַטַּאת יְהוּדָה כְּתוּבָה בְּעֵט בַּרְזֶל בְּצִפֹּרֶן שָׁמִיר חֲרוּשָׁה עַל ־ לוּחַ לִבָּם וּלְקַרְנוֹת מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The 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;

In Context

2כִּזְכֹּר בְּנֵיהֶם מִזְבְּחוֹתָם וַאֲשֵׁרֵיהֶם עַל ־ עֵץ רַֽעֲנָן עַל גְּבָעוֹת הַגְּבֹהֽוֹת ׃

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Cross References

Leviticus 4:17וְטָבַל הַכֹּהֵן אֶצְבָּעוֹ מִן ־ הַדָּם וְהִזָּה שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֵת פְּנֵי הַפָּרֹֽכֶת ׃

Job 19:23מִֽי ־ יִתֵּן אֵפוֹ וְיִכָּתְבוּן מִלָּי מִֽי ־ יִתֵּן בַּסֵּפֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ ׃

Proverbs 3:3חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת אַֽל ־ יַעַזְבֻךָ קָשְׁרֵם עַל ־ גַּרְגְּרוֹתֶיךָ כָּתְבֵם עַל ־ לוּחַ לִבֶּֽךָ ׃

Jeremiah 11:13כִּי מִסְפַּר עָרֶיךָ הָיוּ אֱלֹהֶיךָ יְהוּדָה וּמִסְפַּר חֻצוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם שַׂמְתֶּם מִזְבְּחוֹת לַבֹּשֶׁת מִזְבְּחוֹת לְקַטֵּר לַבָּֽעַל ׃ ס

Hosea 8:11כִּֽי ־ הִרְבָּה אֶפְרַיִם מִזְבְּחֹת לַחֲטֹא הָיוּ ־ לוֹ מִזְבְּחוֹת לַחֲטֹֽא ׃

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 17:1

In this chapter, I. God convicts the Jews of the sin of idolatry by the notorious evidence of the fact, and condemns them to captivity for it, ver. 1-4 . II. He shows them the folly of all their carnal confidences, which should stand them in no stead when God's time came to contend with them, and that this was one of the sins upon which his controversy with them was grounded, ver. 5-11 . III. The prophet makes his appeal and address to God upon occasion of the malice of his enemies against him, committing himself… Read the whole commentary →

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