Jeremiah 17:1
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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;”
חָרַשׁ
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)
בַּרְזֶל
iron
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בַּרְזֶל
Iron. Barzel. Iron sharpens iron. Difficult relationships and challenging conversations make us sharper. God uses friction to refine us.
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לֵב
heart/ their
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לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
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חַטָּאָה
the sin of
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חַטָּאָה
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
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יְהוּדָה
Judah
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יְהוּדָה
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
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כָּתַב
is inscribed
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כָּתַב
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
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שָׁמִיר
flint
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שָׁמִיר
a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond
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לוּחַ
the tablet of
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לוּחַ
probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
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מִזְבֵּחַ
altars/ your
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מִזְבֵּחַ
an altar
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