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Jeremiah 17

Jer. 17:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The sin
chatta'ah (Hebrew #2403)
from 2398; an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
KJV usage: punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).
Pronounce: khat-taw-aw'
Origin: or chattacth {khat-tawth'}
of Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
is written
kathab (Hebrew #3789)
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
KJV usage: describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
Pronounce: kaw-thab'
Origin: a primitive root
with a pen
`et (Hebrew #5842)
a stylus or marking stick
KJV usage: pen.
Pronounce: ate
Origin: from 5860 (contracted) in the sense of swooping, i.e. side-long stroke
of iron
barzel (Hebrew #1270)
iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
KJV usage: (ax) head, iron.
Pronounce: bar-zel'
Origin: perhaps from the root of 1269
, and with the λpoint
tsipporen (Hebrew #6856)
properly, a claw, i.e. (human) nail; also the point of a style (or pen, tipped with adamant)
KJV usage: nail, point.
Pronounce: tsip-po'-ren
Origin: from 6852 (in the denominative sense (from 6833) of scratching)
of a diamond
shamiyr (Hebrew #8068)
a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond
KJV usage: adamant (stone), brier, diamond.
Pronounce: shaw-meer'
Origin: from 8104 in the original sense of pricking
: it is graven
charash (Hebrew #2790)
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)
KJV usage: X altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
Pronounce: khaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
upon the table
luwach (Hebrew #3871)
from a primitive root; probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
KJV usage: board, plate, table.
Pronounce: loo'-akh
Origin: or luach {loo'-akh}
m of their heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
, and upon the horns
qeren (Hebrew #7161)
a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resembl. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively, power
KJV usage: X hill, horn.
Pronounce: keh'-ren
Origin: from 7160
of your altars
mizbeach (Hebrew #4196)
an altar
KJV usage: altar.
Pronounce: miz-bay'-akh
Origin: from 2076
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nail.
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Prov. 3:3• 3Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart: (Prov. 3:3)
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2 Cor. 3:3• 3being manifested to be Christ's epistle ministered by us, written, not with ink, but the Spirit of the living God; not on stone tables, but on fleshy tables of the heart. (2 Cor. 3:3)

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Diamond,
Heart,
Horns,
Iron,
Judah,
Pen,
Sin,
Table,
Writing

Cross References

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1-4:  The captivity of Judah for her sin.
5-6:  Trust in man is cursed;
7-8:  in God is blessed.
9-11:  The deceitful heart cannot deceive God.
12-14:  The salvation of God.
15-18:  The prophet complains of the mockers of his prophecy.
19-27:  He is sent to renew the covenant in hallowing the sabbath.
written.
Job 19:23‑24• 23Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!
 24That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever! (Job 19:23‑24)
point.
Heb. nail.
graven.
Prov. 3:3• 3Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart: (Prov. 3:3)
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Prov. 7:3• 3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart. (Prov. 7:3)
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2 Cor. 3:3• 3being manifested to be Christ's epistle ministered by us, written, not with ink, but the Spirit of the living God; not on stone tables, but on fleshy tables of the heart. (2 Cor. 3:3)
and upon.
Lev. 4:17‑18,25• 17and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Jehovah, before the veil;
 18and he shall put of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before Jehovah which is in the tent of meeting; and he shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
 25And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and shall pour out its blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt-offering. (Lev. 4:17‑18,25)
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Hos. 12:11• 11If Gilead is iniquity, surely they are but vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields. (Hos. 12:11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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;