Jeremiah 17:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חַטַּ֣את יְהוּדָ֗ה כְּתוּבָ֛ה בְּעֵ֥ט בַּרְזֶ֖ל בְּצִפֹּ֣רֶן שָׁמִ֑יר חֲרוּשָׁה֙ עַל־ל֣וּחַ לִבָּ֔ם וּלְקַרְנ֖וֹת מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

ḥaṭṭaʾt yĕhûdâ kĕtûbâ bĕʿēṭ barzel bĕṣippōren šāmîr ḥărûšâ upon-lûaḥ libbām and-to-qarnôt mizbĕḥôtêkem

Grammar Details

*ḥaṭṭaʾt*: construct state, feminine singular - sin of
*yĕhûdâ*: proper noun - Judah
*kĕtûbâ*: passive participle, feminine singular - written
*bĕʿēṭ*: preposition + masculine noun - with pen of
*barzel*: noun, masculine singular - iron
*bĕṣippōren*: preposition + feminine noun - with point/nail of
*šāmîr*: noun, masculine singular - diamond/flint
*ḥărûšâ*: passive participle, feminine singular - engraved/carved
*lûaḥ*: construct state, masculine singular - tablet of
*libbām*: noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their heart
*qarnôt*: feminine plural construct - horns of
*mizbĕḥôtêkem*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your altars

Word Meanings

*ḥaṭṭaʾt*: sin/guilt/transgression
*šāmîr*: diamond/adamant stone/flint
*ḥărûšâ*: engraved/carved/plowed

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 3:3 : 3 Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
2 Cor 3:3 : 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.
Prov 7:3 : 3 Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
Hos 12:11 : 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.
Lev 4:17-18 : 17 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Jehovah, before the veil. 18 And he shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before Jehovah, that is in the tent of meeting; and all the blood shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting.
Lev 4:25 : 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 19:23-24 : 23 Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! 24 That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!

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