Jeremiah 17 · Verse 12

Jeremiah 17:12

A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
Jeremiah 17:12, King James Version

Jeremiah 17:12 in other translations

BSBA glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
WEBA glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
ASVA glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
YLTA throne of honour on high from the beginning, The place of our sanctuary,
DARBYA throne of glory, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
BBEA seat of glory, placed on high from the first, is our holy place.
WebsterA glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.

What does Jeremiah 17:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. 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 Israel is Jehovah." "Throne" is thus used for Him who sits on it; compare thrones (Col 1:16). He is called a "sanctuary" to His people (Is 8:14; Eze 11:16). So Syriac and Arabic.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 17:12-18
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 to which he had plainly called him. Whatever wounds or diseases we find to be in our hearts and consciences, let us apply to the Lord to heal us, to save us, that our souls may praise his name. His hands can bind up the troubled conscience, and heal the broken heart; he can cure the worst diseases of our nature.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Jeremiah 17:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'[is] a throne ofH3678
כָב֔וֹדkha.VodgloryH3519
מָר֖וֹםma.Roma high placeH4791
מֵֽרִאשׁ֑וֹןme.ri.Shonfrom first [time]H7223
מְק֖וֹםme.Kom[the] place ofH4725
מִקְדָּשֵֽׁנוּ\׃mik.da.She.nusanctuary ourH4720

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 17:12

  • Psalms 96:6

    Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

  • Jeremiah 3:17

    At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

  • Ezekiel 43:7

    And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.

  • Ezekiel 1:26

    And 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 the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.

  • Jeremiah 14:21

    Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

  • Hebrews 12:2

    Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

  • Isaiah 6:1

    In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

  • Hebrews 4:16

    Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

  • Revelation 3:21

    To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

  • Isaiah 66:1

    Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

  • Psalms 103:19

    The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

  • Matthew 25:31

    When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3:17; 14:21; 2Ch 2:5,6; Ps 96:6; 103:19; Isa 6:1; 66:1; Eze 1:26
Eze 43:7; Mt 25:31; Heb 4:16; 12:2; Re 3:21

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Context

  • Jeremiah 17:11

    As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

  • Jeremiah 17:12

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

  • Jeremiah 17:13

    O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.

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Jeremiah 17:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Trono de gloria, excelso desde el principio, es el lugar de nuestro santuario.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Le lieu de notre sanctuaire est un trône de gloire, un lieu haut élevé dès le commencement.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Thron der Herrlichkeit, Höhe von Anbeginn, du Ort unseres Heiligtums!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Solium gloriæ altitudinis a principio, locus sanctificationis nostræ.