Jeremiah 17:12

Jeremiah 17:12

10 I, the Lord, ^asearch the heart,
I test the¹ mind,
^bEven to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.

11 “As a partridge that¹ broods but does not hatch,
So is he who gets riches, but not by right;
It ^awill leave him in the midst of his days,
And at his end he will be ^ba fool.”

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

13 O Lord, ^athe hope of Israel,
^bAll who forsake You shall be ashamed.
“Those who depart from Me
Shall be ^cwritten in the earth,
Because they have forsaken the Lord,
The ^dfountain of living waters.”

Jeremiah Prays for Deliverance

14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;
Save me, and I shall be saved,
For ^aYou are my praise.

15 Indeed they say to me,
^a“Where is the word of the Lord?
Let it come now!”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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throne—the temple of Jerusalem, the throne of Jehovah. Having condemned false objects of trust, "high places for sin" (Jeremiah 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 Jeremiah 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 (Colossians 1:16). He is called a "sanctuary" to His people (Isaiah 8:14; Ezekiel 11:16). So Syriac and Arabic.

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