 | John Blackburn - 1854 - 392 lehte
...rendered "diamond" in one passage of scripture, "adamant in others. In the former passagei " The ein of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond" (Jer. xvii. I), the words appear to allude to the well-known uee of a diimond-point or stile for engraving... | |
 | Alexander M'Kidd - 1854 - 488 lehte
...this; nor can mere natural strength and will effect it. " Sin is graven upon the table of the heart with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond," Jer. xvii. 1 ; and it must, therefore, need considerable power to erase it, seeing it is thus deeply... | |
 | William Coleman Piercy - 1909 - 1102 lehte
...any impenetrably hard substance. Some hard cutting stone is apparently intended in Jeremiah (17. i): "The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron and with the point of a diamond." That stone, however, can hardly have been known to the Hebrews in the prophet's days [DIAMOND], and... | |
 | Albert Abrams - 1910 - 1124 lehte
...for which he had not one remedy. A physician is known by the prescription he writes. "It should be written with a pen of iron and with the point of a diamond." A physician has been defined as one who spends his life in writing death sentences in Latin. Few of... | |
 | Wallis Richard Cattelle - 1911 - 486 lehte
...after the Greek to " adamant " and " adamant stone," in Jeremiah is translated "diamond." The prophet says, "The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond." (Jer. xvn, 1.) Ancient Jewish writers say of the " shamir," that " it is like a barley corn, so strong... | |
 | John Bernard Mannix - 1913 - 470 lehte
...the Greek, to " adamant " and " adamant stone," but in Jeremiah is translated " diamond." The prophet says " The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond" (Jer. xvii. 1). According to Mr. CW King, in his " Natural History of Precious Stones," the first undoubted... | |
 | John Bernard Mannix - 1913 - 462 lehte
...the Greek, to " adamant " and " adamant stone," but in Jeremiah is translated " diamond." The prophet says " The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond " (Jer. xvii. 1). According to Mr. CW King, in his " Natural History of Precious Stones," the first... | |
 | Albert Cornelius Knudson - 1914 - 304 lehte
...condemnation of the general wickedness of his day is very similar to theirs. "The sin of Judah," he says, "is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond it is graven upon the tablet of their heart" (17. 1). The particular evil he emphasizes is that of deceit (5. 1ff.; 9. 2ff.).... | |
 | James Orr - 1915 - 746 lehte
...prosftóo. In a figurative sense the word is used of the hard point of a stylus or engraving tool: "The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point [lit. "claw," "nail"] of a diamond: it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns... | |
 | William Bennett Bizzell - 1916 - 266 lehte
...necho, and Judah's last hope was gone. The tone of Jeremiah's message now changes. From this time on the sin of Judah is written with a " pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond," 7 and the reply of the people to Jehovah's invitation to turn from evil ways is : " It is in vain,... | |
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THE sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond... 
