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The Sin of Judah

17 “The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus,
    with a point of diamond it is engraved
on the tablet of their heart,
    and on the horns of their altars.
As the remembering of their children,
    so is the remembering of their altars
and their poles of Asherah worship
    beside the leafy trees[a] on the high hills.
O my mountain in the open country,
    I will give your wealth, all your treasures, for spoil,
your high places, because of your sin,
    throughout all your territories.
And you will let go your hand from your inheritance[b]
    that I gave to you,
and I will make you serve your enemies
    in the land that you do not know,
for you kindled a fire in my anger,
    until eternity it will be kindled.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:2 Hebrew “tree”
  2. Jeremiah 17:4 Literally “you shall loose and in you from your inheritance”

Judah’s Sin and Punishment

17 “The sin of Judah is (A)written with a (B)pen of iron;
With the point of a diamond it is (C)engraved
On the tablet of their heart,
And on the horns of your altars,
While their children remember
Their altars and their (D)wooden[a] images
By the green trees on the high hills.
O My mountain in the field,
I will give as plunder your wealth, all your treasures,
And your high places of sin within all your borders.
And you, even yourself,
Shall let go of your heritage which I gave you;
And I will cause you to serve your enemies
In (E)the land which you do not know;
For (F)you have kindled a fire in My anger which shall burn forever.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:2 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities