Jeremiah 17:1
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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.

written.

Job 19:23,24 Who will grant me that my words may be written? who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book? . . .

point.

Proverbs 3:3 And thou shalt find grace, and good understanding before God and men.

Proverbs 7:3 Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend,

2 Corinthians 3:3 Being manifested, that you are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written: not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God: not in tables of stone but in the fleshly tables of the heart.

and upon.

Leviticus 4:17,18,25 And shall dip his finger in it and sprinkle it seven times before the veil. . . .

Hosea 12:11 If Galaad be an idol, then in vain were they in Galgal offering sacrifices with bullocks: for their altars also are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

Context
The Sin and Punishment of Judah
1The 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.2When their children shall remember their altars, and their groves, and their green trees upon the high mountains,…
Cross References
2 Corinthians 3:3
Being manifested, that you are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written: not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God: not in tables of stone but in the fleshly tables of the heart.

Job 19:24
With an iron pen and in a plate of lead, or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone?

Proverbs 3:3
And thou shalt find grace, and good understanding before God and men.

Proverbs 7:3
Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend,

Isaiah 49:16
Behold, I have graven thee in my hands: thy walls are always before my eyes.

Jeremiah 2:22
Though thou wash thyself with nitre, and multiply to thyself the herb borith, thou art stained in thy iniquity before me, saith the Lord God.

Jeremiah 4:14
Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved: how long shall hurtful thoughts abide in thee?

Hosea 7:2
And lest they may say in their hearts, that I remember all their wickedness: their own devices now have beset them about, they have been done before my face.

Zechariah 7:12
And they made their heart as the adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts sent in his spirit by the hand of the former prophets: so a great indignation came from Lord of hosts.

Lexicon
The sin
חַטַּ֣את (ḥaṭ·ṭaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender

of Judah
יְהוּדָ֗ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

is written
כְּתוּבָ֛ה (kə·ṯū·ḇāh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3789: To grave, to write

with an iron
בַּרְזֶ֖ל (bar·zel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1270: Iron, an iron implement

stylus,
בְּעֵ֥ט (bə·‘êṭ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5842: A stylus, marking stick

engraved
חֲרוּשָׁה֙ (ḥă·rū·šāh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise

with a diamond
שָׁמִ֑יר (šā·mîr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8068: A thorn, a gem, the diamond

point
בְּצִפֹּ֣רֶן (bə·ṣip·pō·ren)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6856: A claw, nail, the point of a, style

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the tablet
ל֣וּחַ (lū·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3871: To glisten, a tablet, of stone, wood, metal

of their hearts
לִבָּ֔ם (lib·bām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

and on the horns
וּלְקַרְנ֖וֹת (ū·lə·qar·nō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7161: A horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, power

of their altars.
מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ (miz·bə·ḥō·w·ṯê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar


Additional Translations
The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven on the table of their heart, and on the horns of your altars;

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;

Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and will lean his arm of flesh upon him, while his heart departs from the Lord.

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;

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;

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;

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;

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,
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