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;
Their sin is not a light thing that God may yet overlook; it is engraved on their innermost being as though carved with adamant. They have so wholly imbibed contempt for God and perverseness that no remedy remains, their obstinacy has shut the door to salvation itself.
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Their sin is written in characters that time will never wear out, sealed in God's book and graven on the tablets of their own hearts where no erasing can reach it. The blood on their altar horns stands as undeniable proof of the charge against them.
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Commenting on Jeremiah 17:1-4
The iron pen and diamond point show their sin is fixed so deeply it cannot be rooted out or forgotten, it has made impressions on their stony hearts that will remain. Their idolatry is notorious both within, where conscience bears witness, and without, where their altars cry out the truth.
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