Jeremiah 17:1

What does Jeremiah 17:1 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 17:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The sin of Judah is recorded with a pen of iron, and with the sharp point of a jewel it is cut on their hearts of stone, and on the horns of their altars for a sign to them:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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;

Context

v.1This passage

v.2whilst their children remember their altars and their Asherim by the green trees upon the high hills.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 7:3

    Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

  • 2 Corinthians 3:3

    being made manifest that ye are an 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 tables that are hearts of flesh.

  • Hosea 12:11

    Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

  • Leviticus 4:17

    and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Jehovah, before the veil.

  • Leviticus 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 the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering.

  • Job 19:23

    Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

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