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CHAPTER XVII
_This chapter begins with setting forth the very strong bias_
_which the people of Judah had to idolatry, with the fatal_
_consequences_, 1-4.
_The happiness of the man that trusted i...
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This section Jeremiah 17:1 is inseparably connected with the
preceding. Judah’s sin had been described Jeremiah 16:19 as one of
which the very Gentiles will become ashamed. and for which she will
shor...
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CHAPTER 17
_ 1. Judah's sin (Jeremiah 17:1) _
2. The curse and the blessing (Jeremiah 17:5)
3. The worship of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 17:12)
4. Concerning the Sabbath ...
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JEREMIAH 16:1 TO JEREMIAH 17:18. THE COMING DISTRESS A PENALTY FOR
SIN. The prophet is forbidden to found a family, because of the coming
sorrows (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 7:29 ff.), in which death will be...
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SIN. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44.
YOUR. One MS. (Harley, 5720, British Museum), quotes other MSS. as
reading "their" (vol, 240b). So in two early printed editions, Syriac,
and Vulgate....
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_a pen of iron_ used for making permanent marks on a hard surface,
e.g. on rocks (Job 19:24).
_diamond_ as used now by glaziers on account of its extreme hardness.
Pliny tells us (_Hist. Nat_. Jeremia...
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Jeremiah 17:1. See introd. summary to section.
The _vv_. are omitted in LXX, either (as St Jerome suggests) from
unwillingness that the lasting condemnation here expressed should be
put on permanent...
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THE SIN OF JUDAH IS WRITTEN— This chapter is connected with the last
thus: "I am now about to make my vengeance manifest upon Judah: their
crimes are risen to the greatest height; they even glory in t...
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IV. PROPHETIC SAYINGS Jeremiah 17:1-11
The first eleven verses of chapter 17 contain three independent
sayings of the prophet probably from three different sermons. These
sayings do not seem to have a...
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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;
The Septuagint omit the first four ve...
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1-4. The sin of Judah is indelible. Hence the severity of the
punishment....
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XVII.
(1) A PEN OF IRON. — _i.e.,_ a _stylus,_ or graving tool, as in Job
19:24, chiefly used for engraving in stone or metal. In Psalms 45:1 it
seems to have been used of the instrument with which t...
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חַטַּ֣את יְהוּדָ֗ה כְּתוּבָ֛ה בְּ
עֵ֥ט בַּרְזֶ֖ל...
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CHAPTER IX
THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS
Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?)
VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these
Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...
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HUMAN AND DIVINE HELP CONTRASTED
Jeremiah 17:1-14
The Jews were always seeking alliance either with Egypt or Babylon.
What was true of them applies to us all; but we cannot depend upon
human aid, wit...
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Once again Jehovah declared His determination to deal with the people
in judgment, because of the defiant definiteness of their sin. That
sin was "written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a d...
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The sin of Judah [is] (a) written with a pen of iron, [and] with the
point of a diamond: [it is] graven upon the (b) tablet of their heart,
and upon the horns of your (c) altars;
(a) The remembrance...
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The. Grabe (de Vit. p. 8.) observes that the four first verses were
omitted in the Septuagint by some careless transcriber, long before
the days of Origen, who restored them from the Hebrew and the ot...
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CONTENTS
Much to the same purport, as the general scope of Jeremiah's
preaching, is the subject of this chapter. The folly and sin of carnal
confidence; and the blessedness and security of the divine...
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What is here said of Judah's sin, may be equally said of all men's
sins: they are cut in and formed in the very heart. Nothing short of a
new heart, wrought by the Lord himself, can form a change. Eze...
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The Prophet teaches us here in other words what we have often already
seen, — that the Jews in vain sought refuges, for their sin had so
much accumulated that it was very apparent. It indeed often hap...
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The great thing, amidst all that was going on, was to trust in
Jehovah. He who, failing in this, made flesh his arm, should not see
when good came. Meantime the fire of God's anger was kindled and
sho...
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THE SIN OF JUDAH IS WRITTEN WITH A PEN OF IRON,.... Or an iron tool,
such as engravers use in working on hard matter:
[AND] WITH THE POINT OF A DIAMOND; such as glaziers use in cutting
their glass; t...
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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;
Ver. 1. _The sin of Judah is writ...
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_The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron_ Many of the Jews,
though living in the habitual commission of the grossest crimes, were,
nevertheless, self-righteous, and thought they did not deserve...
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THE REASON FOR JUDAH'S REJECTION...
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The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, as with a stylus which
was used for writing on wax tablets in ancient times, AND WITH THE
POINT OF A DIAMOND, which was used for etching words into meta...
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POINT:
_ Heb._ nail...
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1-4 The sins which men commit make little impression on their minds,
yet every sin is marked in the book of God; they are all so graven
upon the table of the heart, that they will all be remembered b...
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OLBHeb; JEREMIAH CHAPTER 17 The captivity of Judah for her sin,
JEREMIAH 17:1. Trust in man cursed; in God, blessed, JEREMIAH 17:5.
The deceitful heart and most secret practices are known to God,
Jere...
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Jeremiah 17:1 sin H2403 Judah H3063 written H3789 (H8803) pen H5842
iron H1270 point H6856 diamond...
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THE DEPTHS OF JUDAH'S SIN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES (JEREMIAH 17:1).
The thought of what YHWH is going to do in the future brings Jeremiah
back to the present to consider Judah's current state and its
con...
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Jeremiah 17:1. _The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and
with the point of a diamond:_
It is so ingrained in their very nature that you might as well try to
erase an inscription that is wr...
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Jeremiah 17:1. _The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron._ Yea,
it is deeply written on the heart, as the diamond will write on
polished stones, on tablets of brass, or on the brazen altars of B...
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_The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of
a diamond._
THE DEEP SEATED CHARACTER OF SIN
I. What is sin? If you ask the Pharisee of old what sin
was--“Well,” he said, “it i...
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THE DIAMOND
A diamond. Jeremiah 17:1.
April has as its stone the diamond. Everybody knows a diamond. It is
the most brilliant of precious stones. And yet it is only a variety of
what is known as car...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 17:1 PEN OF IRON... POINT OF DIAMOND.
These were tools for carving on stone, which is what THEIR HEART has
become. BESIDE EVERY GREEN TREE,...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.
Jeremiah 17:1 continue the prophecy of chap. 16. A distinct break in
the continuity of the book is noticeable at Jeremiah 17:19. [_Keil_
se...
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EXPOSITION
Jeremiah 17:1 are closely connected with the preceding chapter. We
have just been pointed to the striking contrast between the conduct of
the heathen and that of the backsliding men of Juda...
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Chapter 17 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with
the point of a diamond (Jeremiah 17:1):
Interesting that they were using diamonds for pens in those days,
isn't it? Diamonds set in...
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2 Corinthians 3:3; Hosea 12:11; Job 19:23; Job 19:24; Leviticus 4:17;...
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Graven — Nor is it a thing done in secret, but it is engraven upon
the horns of their altars. God's altar was four — square, and at
each corner there was a rising part made of brass, these were called...