Jeremiah 17:1
“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus,
What it says
The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus and diamond point on the heart and on the horns of their altars.
What it is doing
This verse opens the chapter by portraying sin as permanently inscribed and sacrally exposed.
In context
1“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, 2Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles 3O My mountain in the countryside, 4And you yourself will relinquish 5This is what the LORD says: 6He will be like a shrub in the desert; 7But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, 8He is like a tree planted by the waters 9The heart is deceitful above all things 10I, the LORD, search the heart; 11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay