Jeremiah 17:1 (KJV)

Passage

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;

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 17:1 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;

Jeremiah 17:2 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

Jeremiah 17:3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "judah", "written", "iron", "point", "diamond", "graven", "upon", and "table". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "judah" and "written", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Whilst their children remember their altars and...", so "judah" and "written" 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 "judah" and "written" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.