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Judah’s Guilty Heart

17 “The sin of Judah is written with an iron ·tool [L pen].
    Their sins were cut with a ·hard [L diamond] point into the ·stone that is [L tablet of] their hearts.
    Their sins were cut into the ·corners [L horns] of their altars [Ex. 27:2].
Even their children remember
    their altars [C to idols] and their ·Asherah idols [sacred poles; L Asherim]
beside the green trees
    and on the high hills [2:20].
My mountain in the open country
    and your wealth and treasures
I will give ·away to other people [L as plunder].
    I will give away the places of worship in your country,
    because you sinned by worshiping there.
You will ·lose [drop] the ·land [L inheritance] I gave you,
    and it is your own fault.
I will ·let your enemies take you as their slaves [L make you serve your enemies]
    to a land you have never known.
This is because you ·have made my anger burn like a hot fire [L kindled a fire in my anger],
    and it will burn forever [15:11–14].”

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