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17 Judah’s sin is engraved
    with an iron pen.
It’s etched with a diamond point
    on the tablets of their hearts
        and on the horns of their altars.
Their children remember their altars and sacred poles[a]
    by the lush trees and high hills.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:2 Heb asherim; perhaps objects devoted to the worship of Asherah

17 “Judah’s sin is engraved with an iron tool,(A)
    inscribed with a flint point,
on the tablets of their hearts(B)
    and on the horns(C) of their altars.
Even their children remember
    their altars and Asherah poles[a](D)
beside the spreading trees
    and on the high hills.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:2 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah