Jeremiah 17:12

A throne of glory, exalted from the beginning, hath been the place of our sanctuary.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.

In Context

11As a partridge gathereth eggs she did not lay, [So] is he that maketh riches but not with justice,—In the midst of his days, shall he leave them, And in his latter end, prove to have been base.

13Thou hope of Israel Yahweh, All who forsake thee, shall turn pale,—Yea, all who depart from me, in the ground, shall be written, For they have forsaken a fountain of living water, even Yahweh.

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Cross References

Psalms 96:6Praise and majesty, are before him, Strength and beauty, are in his sanctuary.

Isaiah 6:1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw My Lord, sitting upon a throne high and lifted up, and, his skirts, did fill the temple,

Jeremiah 3:17At that time, shall they call Jerusalem, The throne of Yahweh, and there shall be gathered unto her all the nations—to the Name of Yahweh, to Jerusalem; and they shall walk no more after the stubbornness of their own wicked heart.

Ezekiel 1:26And above the expanse that was over their heads, as the appearance of a sapphire stone, was the likeness of a throne,—and upon the likeness of a throne, was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above.

Matthew 25:31But, whensoever the Son of Man shall come in his glory, and all the messengers with him, then will he sit on his throne of glory;

Hebrews 12:2Looking away unto our faith’s Princely-leader and perfecter, Jesus,—who, in consideration of the joy lying before him, endured a cross, shame, despising! And, on the right hand of the throne of God, hath taken his seat.

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 →

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