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The Sanctuary: God's Earthly Throne
Scholars unanimously identify the "glorious high throne" with the sanctuary or Temple in Jerusalem. This wasn't just a building, but the very place God chose to enthrone His presence on earth. It was a unique and incomparable honor for Israel, making their land, as one commentator puts it, a "terrestrial heaven" and a figure of God's true throne in heaven.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 17:5–18
18th Century
Theologian
In the rest of the prophecy, Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah’s ruin.
Jeremiah 17:6: Like the…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 17:12
19th Century
Bishop
A glorious high throne ... —The verse is better taken in connection with the following, and not, as the interpolated “is” makes it…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 17:12
16th Century
Theologian
Undoubtedly the Prophet refers to the unique favor which God granted to the Jews when He chose for Himself a dwelling place among them. It was an i…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 17:12
17th Century
Pastor
A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our
sanctuary .
] The templ…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 17:12–18
17th Century
Minister
The prophet acknowledges the favor of God in establishing religion. There is fullness of comfort in God���overflowing, ever-flowing fullness, like …