Jeremiah 17:1 (GNV)

Passage

The sinne of Iudah is written with a pen of yron, and with the poynt of a diamonde, and grauen vpon the table of their heart, and vpon the hornes of your altars.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 17:1 The sinne of Iudah is written with a pen of yron, and with the poynt of a diamonde, and grauen vpon the table of their heart, and vpon the hornes of your altars.

Jeremiah 17:2 They remember their altars as their children, with their groues by the greene trees vpon the hilles.

Jeremiah 17:3 O my mountaine in the fielde, I will giue thy substance, and all thy treasures to be spoyled, for the sinne of thy high places throughout all thy borders.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sinne", "iudah", "written", "yron", "poynt", "diamonde", "grauen", and "vpon". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sinne" and "iudah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "They remember their altars as their children...", so "sinne" and "iudah" should be read forward into that movement. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sinne" and "iudah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.