God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 17:12
12Our holy place is a glorious throne, highly honored from the beginning.
Jeremiah 17:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
- New International Version (NIV)A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A glorious throne set on high from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A glorious high throne from the beginning Is the place of our sanctuary.
Context of Jeremiah 17:12
10I, the Lord, search minds and test hearts. I will reward each person for what he has done. I will reward him for the results of his actions. 11A person who gets rich dishonestly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay. During his lifetime, he will lose his wealth. In the end, he will be a godless fool.” Our holy place is a glorious throne, highly honored from the beginning. 13O Lord, the Hope of Israel, all who abandon you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in dust, because they abandon the Lord, the fountain of life-giving water. 14Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed. Rescue me, and I will be rescued. You are the one I praise.
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כִּסֵּ֣א כָב֔וֹד מָר֖וֹם מֵֽרִאשׁ֑וֹן מְק֖וֹם מִקְדָּשֵֽׁנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 17:12
- Jeremiah 3:17At that time they will call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord. All nations will gather in Jerusalem because the name of the Lord will be found there. They will no longer follow their own stubborn, evil ways.
- Jeremiah 14:21For the sake of your name, don’t despise us. Don’t dishonor your glorious throne. Remember your promise to us; don’t break it.
- 2 Chronicles 2:5The temple I am building will be great because our God is greater than all other gods.
- Psalms 96:6Splendor and majesty are in his presence. Strength and beauty are in his holy place.
- Psalms 103:19The Lord has set his throne in heaven. His kingdom rules everything.
- Isaiah 6:1In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a high and lofty throne. The bottom of his robe filled the temple.
- Isaiah 66:1This is what the Lord says: Heaven is my throne. The earth is my footstool. Where can you build a house or resting place for me?
- Ezekiel 1:26Above the dome over their heads was something that looked like a throne made of sapphire. On the throne was a figure that looked like a human.
- Ezekiel 43:7The voice said to me, “Son of man, this is the place where my throne is and the place where my feet rest. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. Then the people of Israel and their kings will no longer dishonor my holy name by acting like prostitutes, nor will they dishonor it with the dead bodies of their kings.
- Matthew 25:31“When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all his angels are with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.
- Hebrews 4:16So we can go confidently to the throne of God’s kindness to receive mercy and find kindness, which will help us at the right time.
- Hebrews 12:2We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith. He saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought him. Now he holds the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne.
- Revelation 3:21I will allow everyone who wins the victory to sit with me on my throne, as I have won the victory and have sat down with my Father on his throne.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 17:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12A 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5-18Verses 5-18 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” Psalm 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…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-18Verses 12-18 The prophet acknowledges the favour of God in setting up religion. There is fulness of comfort in God, overflowing, ever-flowing fulness, like a fountain. It is always fresh and clear, like spring-water, while the pleasures of sin are puddle-waters. He prays to God for healing, saving mercy. He appeals to God concerning his faithful discharge of the office to which he was called. He humbly begs that God would own and protect him in the work…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12God's loyal followers worship the all-powerful Lord, not money.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. throne--the temple of Jerusalem, the throne of Jehovah. Having condemned false objects of trust, "high places for sin" (Jr 17:3), and an "arm of flesh," he next sets forth Jehovah, and His temple, which was ever open to the Jews, as the true object of confidence, and sanctuary to flee to. Henderson makes Jehovah, in Jr 17:13, the subject, and this verse predicate, "A throne of glory, high from the beginning, the place of our sanctuary, the hope of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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