“ A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. ”
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” Psalms 102:17 . The verbs “he sha...
A glorious (l) high throne from the beginning [is] the place of our sanctuary. (l) Showing that the godly ought to glory in nothing, but in God who exalts his, and has left a sign of his favour in h...
Jeremiah 16:1 to Jeremiah 17:18 . The Coming Distress a Penalty for Sin. The prophet is forbidden to found a family, because of the coming sorrows ( cf. 1 Corinthians 7:29 ff.), in which deat...
No doubt the Prophet refers to the singular favor which God granted the Jews, when he chose for himself an habitation among them. It was an incomparable honor when God was pleased to dwell in t...
A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. 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 glorious high throne— As in the preceding verses was set forth the vain dependence of him who seeks to advance himself by indirect methods; so here we are taught the solid foundation which he bui...
A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. A glorious high throne - the temple of Jerusalem, the throne of Yahweh. Having condemned false objects, of trust, "hig...
1-4. The sin of Judah is indelible. Hence the severity of the punishment.
A glorious high throne... — The verse is better taken in connection with the following, and not, as the interpolated “is” makes it, as a separate sentence, the nouns being all in the vocative. Tho...
CHAPTER IX THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS Jeremiah 14:1-22 ; Jeremiah 15:1-21 (17?) VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these Chapter s. They have been cut up i...
Human and Divine Help Contrasted Jeremiah 17:1-14 The Jews were always seeking alliance either with Egypt or Babylon. What was true of them applies to us all; but we cannot depend upon human ai...
Once again Jehovah declared His determination to deal with the people in judgment, because of the defiant definiteness of their sin. That sin was "written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a...
This passage seems to be a break in the midst of the Prophet's sermon, in which he fervently addresseth the Lord in prayer, and a blessed prayer it is. It needs no comment: for it is as plain as it i...
A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. The temple, which was a sanctified place, where the holy God dwelt, his holy worship was observed, and his holy people met t...
A glorious high throne from the beginning [is] the place of our sanctuary. Ver. 12. A glorious high throne from the beginning. ] Therefore it is best to "trust in God at all times, ye people, and...
A glorious high throne , &c. “As in the preceding verses was set forth the vain dependance of him who seeks to advance himself by indirect methods; so here we are taught the solid foundation whi...
God's Justice Acknowledged; The Prophet's Appeal of God. B. C. 605. 12 A glorious high...
It is much more hard to give an account of the connexion of these words with the former, than of their sense considered absolutely in themselves. Some would have them the words of the people, reckoni...
Jeremiah Establishes His Own Position And Calls For Vindication ( Jeremiah 17:12-18 ). Jeremiah exults in the glory of the significance of the Temple as YHWH's throne, and as the one place where Y...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. —1. Chronology of the Chapter. Jeremiah 17:1-18 continue the prophecy of chap. 16. A distinct break in the continuity of the book is noticeable at Jeremiah 17:19 ....
Jeremiah 17:12 I. Man's Refuge. No creature so much needs the shelter and defence of a safe hiding-place as man. His sources of danger are more than can be numbered, and with an infected nature he...
Jeremiah 17:1 . The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: It is so ingrained in their very nature that you might as well try to erase an inscription that i...
Jeremiah 17:1 . The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron. Yea, it is deeply written on the heart, as the diamond will write on polished stones, on tablets of brass, or on the brazen altars o...
A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. Our sanctuary This book of Jeremiah is a very thorny one--it might be called, like his smaller work, “The Book of Lament...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah 17:1-24 are closely connected with the preceding chapter. We have just been pointed to the striking contrast between the conduct of the heathen and that of the backsliding...
The Depth of the Nation's Corruption
2 Chronicles 2:5 ; 2 Chronicles 2:6 ; Ezekiel 1:26 ; Ezekiel 43:7 ; Hebrews 12:2 ; Hebrews 4:16 ; Isaiah 6:1 ; Isaiah 66:1 ; Jeremiah 14:21 ; Jeremiah 3:17 ; Matthew 25:31 ; Psalms 103:19...