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Jeremiah 17:12
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A glorious throneon high from the beginningis the place of our sanctuary.
A glorious throne, [set] on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
A glorious throne set on high from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
A glorious throne on high from the beginning Is the place of our sanctuary.
From the beginning, our Temple has been honored as a glorious throne for God.
A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, Is the place of our sanctuary (the temple).
A glorious throne, [set] on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
A glorious throne on high from the beginningIs the place of our sanctuary.
A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
Our Lord , your temple is a glorious throne that has stood on a mountain from the beginning.
Throne of Glory, exalted from the beginning! Our Holy Sanctuary,
A throne of glory, [set] on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
From the very beginning, our Temple has been a glorious throne for God. It is a very important place.
A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
Our Temple is like a glorious throne, standing on a high mountain from the beginning.
A lofty throne of glory from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
But thou (o LORDE) whose trone is most glorious, excellent and off most antiquite, which dwellest in the place of oure holy rest:
A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
A seat of glory, placed on high from the first, is our holy place.
Thou throne of glory, on high from the beginning, thou place of our sanctuary,
A glorious high throne from the beginning, is the place of our Sanctuarie.
But thou (O Lorde) whose throne is most glorious, excellent, and of most antiquitie, which dwellest in the place of our holy rest:
An exalted throne of glory is our sanctuary.
A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
The seete of glorie of hiynesse was at the bigynnyng the place of oure halewyng, the abidyng of Israel.
A glorious throne, [set] on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
A glorious high throne from the beginning [is] the place of our sanctuary.
Then I said, " Lord , from the very beginning you have been seated on your glorious throne on high. You are the place where we can find refuge.
A glorious high throne from the beginning Is the place of our sanctuary.
But we worship at your throne— eternal, high, and glorious!
A beautiful throne on high from the beginning is our holy place.
O glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, shrine of our sanctuary!
A throne of glory, exalted from the beginning, hath been the place of our sanctuary.
A high and glorious throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctification.
A glorious throne set on high from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
A throne of honour on high from the beginning, The place of our sanctuary,
From early on your Sanctuary was set high, a throne of glory, exalted! O God , you're the hope of Israel. All who leave you end up as fools, Deserters with nothing to show for their lives, who walk off from God , fountain of living waters— and wind up dead!
A glorious throne on high from the beginning Is the place of our sanctuary.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Jeremiah 3:17, Jeremiah 14:21, 2 Chronicles 2:5, 2 Chronicles 2:6, Psalms 96:6, Psalms 103:19, Isaiah 6:1, Isaiah 66:1, Ezekiel 1:26, Ezekiel 43:7, Matthew 25:31, Hebrews 4:16, Hebrews 12:2, Revelation 3:21
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 25:30 - his holy Revelation 4:2 - a throne
Cross-References
And he left off talking with him, and God went vp from Abraham.
Then Abraham tooke Ishmael his sonne and all that were borne in his house, and all that was bought with his money, that is, euery man childe among the men of Abrahams house, and he circumcised the foreskinne of their flesh in that selfe same day, as God had comaunded him.
Then Abraha circumcised Izhak his sonne, when he was eight dayes olde, as God had commanded him.
(And in the eight day, the foreskin of the childes flesh shalbe circumcised)
And it was so that on the eight day they came to circumcise the babe, and called him Zacharias after the name of his father.
And when the eight daies were accomplished, that they shoulde circumcise the childe, his name was then called Iesus, which was named of the Angell, before he was conceiued in the wombe.
Hee gaue him also the couenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begate Isaac, and circumcised him the eight day: and Isaac begate Iacob, and Iacob the twelue Patriarkes.
For hee is not a Iewe, which is one outwarde: neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Circumcised the eight day, of the kinred of Israel, of the tribe of Beniamin, an Ebrewe of the Ebrewes, by the Lawe a Pharise.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. The temple, which was a sanctified place, where the holy God dwelt, his holy worship was observed, and his holy people met together. Here, from the beginning of its erection, from the time of its dedication, the Lord took up his residence; the glory of the Lord filled the house; he set up his throne in it, a high and glorious one; he dwelt between the cherubim, over the mercy seat, typical of the throne of grace. Kimchi and Ben Melech observe that R. Samuel Ben Tibbon is of opinion that the "caph" of similitude is here wanting; and that it should be interpreted thus, "as a glorious high throne", c.: heaven is the high and glorious throne, where the Lord sits and reigns and the temple or sanctuary bore some likeness and resemblance to it; it was a figure of it; and every place where God is worshipped, and grants his presence, is no other but "the house of God, and the gate of heaven"; and therefore it was great wickedness and ingratitude in the Jews, who were so highly favoured of God, to forsake him, his house, his worship, his word and ordinances, as the following verses show; and which suggest another reason of their destruction. The words in connection with the following verse may be read thus,
"and thou, whose glorious high throne the place of our sanctuary [is], O Lord, the Hope of Israel, &c.''
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
In the rest of the prophecy Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah’s ruin.
Jeremiah 17:6
Like the heath - Or, “like a destitute man” Psalms 102:17. The verbs “he shall see” (or fear) and “shall inhabit” plainly show that a man is here meant and not a plant.
Jeremiah 17:8
The river - Or, “water-course” Isaiah 30:25, made for purposes of irrigation.
Shall not see - Or, “shall not fear Jeremiah 17:6.” God’s people feel trouble as much as other people, but they do not fear it because they know
(1) that it is for their good, and
(2) that God will give them strength to bear it.
Jeremiah 17:9
The train of thought is apparently this: If the man is so blessed Jeremiah 17:7-8 who trusts in Yahweh, what is the reason why men so generally “make flesh their arm”? And the answer is: Because man’s heart is incapable of seeing things in a straightforward manner, but is full of shrewd guile, and ever seeking to overreach others.
Desperately wicked - Rather, mortally sick.
Jeremiah 17:10
The answer to the question, “who can know it?” To himself a man’s heart is an inscrutable mystery: God alone can fathom it.
Ways - Rather, way, his course of life. The “and” must be omitted, for the last clause explains what is meant “by man’s way,” when he comes before God for judgment. It is “the fruit,” the final result “of his doings, i. e., his real character as formed by the acts and habits of his life.
Jeremiah 17:11
Rather, “As the partridge hath gathered eggs which it laid not, so ...” The general sense is: the covetous man is as sure to reap finally disappointment only as is the partridge which piles up eggs not of her own laying, and is unable to hatch them.
A fool - A Nabal. See 1 Samuel 25:25.
Jeremiah 17:12, Jeremiah 17:13
Or, “Thou throne ... thou place ... thou hope ... Yahweh! All that forsake Thee etc.” The prophet concludes his prediction with the expression of his own trust in Yahweh, and confidence that the divine justice will finally be vindicated by the punishment of the wicked. The “throne of glory” is equivalent to Him who is enthroned in glory.
Jeremiah 17:13
Shall be written in the earth - i. e., their names shall quickly disappear, unlike those graven in the rock forever Job 19:24. A board covered with sand is used in the East to this day in schools for giving lessons in writing: but writing inscribed on such materials is intended to be immediately obliterated. Equally fleeting is the existence of those who forsake God. “All men are written somewhere, the saints in heaven, but sinners upon earth” (Origen).
Jeremiah 17:15
This taunt shows that this prophecy was written before any very signal fulfillment of Jeremiah’s words had taken place, and prior therefore to the capture of Jerusalem at the close of Jehoiakim’s life. “Now” means “I pray,” and is ironical.
Jeremiah 17:16
I have not hastened from - i. e., I have not sought to escape from.
A pastor to follow thee - Rather, “a shepherd after Thee.” “Shepherd” means “ruler, magistrate” (Jeremiah 2:8 note), and belongs to the prophet not as a teacher, but as one invested with authority by God to guide and direct the political course of the nation. So Yahweh guides His people Psalms 23:1-2, and the prophet does so “after Him,” following obediently His instructions.
The woeful day - literally, “the day of mortal sickness:” the day on which Jerusalem was to be destroyed, and the temple burned.
Right - Omit the word. What Jeremiah asserts is that he spake as in God’s presence. They were no words of his own, but had the authority of Him before whom he stood. Compare Jeremiah 15:19.
Jeremiah 17:17
A terror - Rather, “a cause of dismay,” or consternation Jeremiah 1:17. By not fulfilling Jeremiah’s prediction God Himself seemed to put him to shame.
Jeremiah 17:18
Confounded - Put to shame.
Destroy them ... - Rather, break them with a double breaking: a twofold punishment, the first their general share in the miseries attendant upon their country’s fall; the second, a special punishment for their sin in persecuting and mocking God’s prophet.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 17:12. A glorious high throne — As he is cursed who trusts in man, so he is blessed who trusts in GOD. He is here represented as on a throne in his temple; to him in the means of grace all should resort. He is the support, and a glorious support, of all them that trust in him.
