Jeremiah 17:12

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, "high places for sin" (), and an "arm of flesh," he next sets forth Yahweh, and His temple, which was ever open to the Jews, as the true object of confidence and sanctuary to flee to. Henderson makes Yahweh, in , the subject, and this verse predicate, 'A throne of glory, high from the beginning, the place of our sanctuary, the hope of Israel is Yahweh.' Throne is thus used for Him who sits on it (cf. thrones, ). He is called a "sanctuary" to His people (; ). So Syriac and Arabic.