Jeremiah 17:12
A glorious throne, [set] on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 96:6Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
Isaiah 6:1In the year that king Uzziah died I saw LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Jeremiah 3:17At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of LORD, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of LORD, to Jerusalem. Neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
Ezekiel 1:26And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone. And upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above.
Matthew 25:31But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the holy agents with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
Hebrews 12:2Looking to Jesus the pathfinder and perfecter of the faith, who, against the joy set before him, endured a cross, having despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 17:6-12
True and False Confidence; Deceitfulness of the Heart; Unlawful Gains. ( b. c. 605.) 5 Thus saith the Lord ; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord . 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord , and whose hope the Lord is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters,… Read the whole commentary →