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;
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Gill's Exposition
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron,.... Or an iron tool, such as engravers use in working on hard matter:
and with the point of a diamond; such as glaziers use in cutting their glass;…
Barnes' Notes
This section Jer 17:1-4 is inseparably connected with the preceding. Judah’s sin had been described Jer 16:19 as one of which the very Gentiles will become ashamed. and for which she will shortly be…
The people had asked (Jer 16:10), What is our iniquity, and what is our sin? as if they could not be charged with any thing worth speaking of, for which God should enter into judgment with them; their…
Jer 17:1-4. See introd. summary to section.
The vv. are omitted in LXX, either (as St Jerome suggests) from unwillingness that the lasting condemnation here expressed should be put on permanent…
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