Jeremiah 17:13 - Exposition

They that depart from me . The abrupt change of person is extremely harsh; the Vulgate, followed by Ewald and Olshausen, supposes that a final caph has dropped out, rendering, "they that depart from thee." Shall be written in the earth ; a contrast to that which is recorded for all time "with a pen of iron" ( Jeremiah 17:1 ). The fountain, etc.; a favorite phrase of our prophet (see Jeremiah 2:13 ).