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This section (Jeremiah 17:1–4) is inseparably connected with the preceding. Judah’s sin had been described (Jeremiah 16:19)…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
A pen of iron. — That is, a stylus, or graving tool, as in Job 19:24, chiefly used for engraving in stone or metal. In Ps…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
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 m…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
The Prophet teaches us here, in other words, what we have often already seen: that the Jews sought refuges in vain, for their sin had accumulated s…
John Gill
JohnGill
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron
Or an iron tool, such as engravers use in working on hard matter:
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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 engraved upon the tabl…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
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Here, the prophet explicitly shows the stubbornness of the people, which is the cause of their rejection. From this, he first shows their…
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Albert Barnes
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