¹⁶ Surely then you will count my steps^(A)
    but not keep track of my sin.^(B)

¹⁷ My offenses will be sealed^(A) up in a bag;^(B)
    you will cover over my sin.^(C)

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.

² Even their children remember
    their altars and Asherah poles^[a](A)
beside the spreading trees
    and on the high hills.^(B)

¹² The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
    his sins are kept on record.^(A)