💧WEB · Jeremiah 17:12

What does Jeremiah 17:12 mean?

"A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary."

— Jeremiah 17:12 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

9

The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?

10

“I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”

11

As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.

12

A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.

13

Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be disappointed. Those who depart from me will be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring of living waters.

14

Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved; for you are my praise.

15

Behold, they tell me, “Where is Yahweh’s word? Let it be fulfilled now.”

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