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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 shall see” (or...
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CHAPTER 17
_ 1. Judah's sin (Jeremiah 17:1) _
2. The curse and the blessing (Jeremiah 17:5)
3. The worship of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 17:12)
4. Concerning the Sabbath ...
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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 death will be...
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See introd. summary to section. This sub-section is made up of three
isolated pieces, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13; the metres also varying....
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These verses, the third of the small group of isolated pieces (see
above) which compose this sub-section, are probably to be taken in
close connexion, the whole of Jeremiah 17:12 being in form an
invo...
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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 builds...
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V. PROPHETIC PRAYER Jeremiah 17:12-18
TRANSLATION
(12) O throne of glory exalted from the beginning, the place of our
sanctuary! (13) O hope of Israel, the LORD! All that forsake You shall
be put to...
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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 plac...
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1-4. The sin of Judah is indelible. Hence the severity of the
punishment....
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PLACE OF OUR SANCTUARY] i.e. Zion, where Jehovah's glory abode....
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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. _Thou t...
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כִּסֵּ֣א כָבֹ֔וד מָרֹ֖ום מֵֽ
רִאשֹׁ֑ון מְקֹ֖ום...
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CHAPTER IX
THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS
Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?)
VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these
Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...
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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 aid, wit...
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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 d...
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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 hi...
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_Throne. The temple. We may also read "O high," &c., chap. xiv. 21._...
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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 is...
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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 the mids...
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The great thing, amidst all that was going on, was to trust in
Jehovah. He who, failing in this, made flesh his arm, should not see
when good came. Meantime the fire of God's anger was kindled and
sho...
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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
toge...
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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 to...
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_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 which he...
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A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our
Sanctuary, or, in the form of an address directed to the seat of God's
majesty, "Thou throne of glory, loftiness from the beginning, place...
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The Depth of the Nation's Corruption...
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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 spr...
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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, reckonin...
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Jeremiah 17:12 glorious H3519 high H4791 throne H3678 beginning H7223
place H4725 sanctuary H4720...
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JEREMIAH ESTABLISHES HIS OWN POSITION AND CALLS FOR VINDICATION
(JEREMIAH 17:12).
Jeremiah exults in the glory of the significance of the Temple as
YHWH's throne, and as the one place where YHWH was t...
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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 tr...
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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 is wr...
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CONTENTS: Sign of the unmarried prophet, concluded. Message in the
gates concerning the Sabbath.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: The heart of man, out of communion with God, is wicked and
dece...
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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 of B...
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_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 Lamentatio...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 17:12 GLORIOUS THRONE. The temple
(Jeremiah 14:21;...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.
Jeremiah 17:1 continue the prophecy of chap. 16. A distinct break in
the continuity of the book is noticeable at Jeremiah 17:19. [_Keil_
se...
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EXPOSITION
Jeremiah 17:1 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 men of Juda...
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Chapter 17 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with
the point of a diamond (Jeremiah 17:1):
Interesting that they were using diamonds for pens in those days,
isn't it? Diamonds set in...
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2 Chronicles 2:5; 2 Chronicles 2:6; Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 43:7;...