Jeremiah 14:21

14:21 For the honor of your name, ¹  do not treat Jerusalem ²  with contempt.

Do not treat with disdain the place where your glorious throne sits. ³ 

Be mindful of your covenant with us. Do not break it! ⁴ 

Jeremiah 17:12

Jeremiah Appeals to the Lord for Vindication

17:12 Then I said, ⁵ 

“Lord, from the very beginning

you have been seated on your glorious throne on high.

You are the place where we can find refuge.

Jeremiah 31:23

Judah Will Be Restored

31:23 The Lord God of Israel who rules over all ⁶  says,

“I will restore the people of Judah to their land and to their towns.

When I do, they will again say ⁷  of Jerusalem, ⁸ 

‘May the Lord bless you, you holy mountain,

the place where righteousness dwells.’ ⁹ 

Psalms 87:3

87:3 People say wonderful things about you, ¹⁰ 

O city of God. (Selah)

Isaiah 6:1

Isaiah’s Commission

6:1 In the year of King Uzziah’s death, ¹¹  I saw the sovereign master ¹²  seated on a high, elevated throne. The hem of his robe filled the temple.

Isaiah 66:1

66:1 This is what the Lord says:

“The heavens are my throne

and the earth is my footstool.

Where then is the house you will build for me?

Where is the place where I will rest?

Ezekiel 1:26

1:26 Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man.

Ezekiel 43:7

43:7 He said to me: “Son of man, this is the place of my throne ¹³  and the place for the soles of my feet, ¹⁴  where I will live among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their spiritual prostitution or by the pillars of their kings set up when they die. ¹⁵ 

Galatians 4:26

4:26 But the Jerusalem above is free, ¹⁶  and she is our mother.

[14:21]  ¹ tn Heb “For the sake of your name.”

[14:21]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[14:21]  ³ tn English versions quite commonly supply “us” as an object for the verb in the first line. This is probably wrong. The Hebrew text reads: “Do not treat with contempt for the sake of your name; do not treat with disdain your glorious throne.” This is case of poetic parallelism where the object is left hanging until the second line. For an example of this see Prov 13:1 in the original and consult E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 103-4. There has also been some disagreement whether “your glorious throne” refers to the temple (as in 17:12) or Jerusalem (as in 3:17). From the beginning of the prayer in v. 19 where a similar kind of verb has been used with respect to Zion/Jerusalem it would appear that the contextual referent is Jerusalem. The absence of an object from the first line makes it possible to retain part of the metaphor in the translation and still convey some meaning.

[14:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “Remember, do not break your covenant with us.”

[17:12]  ⁵ tn The words, “Then I said” are not in the text. They are supplied in the translation for clarity to show the shift in speaker.

[31:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.” See 7:3 and the study note of 2:19 for the rendering of this title and an explanation of its significance.

[31:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “They [i.e., people (the indefinite plural, GKC 460 §144.g)] will again say in the land of Judah and in its cities when I restore their fortunes.” For the meaning of the idiom “to restore the fortunes” see the translator’s note on 29:14.

[31:23]  ⁸ tn The words “of Jerusalem” are not in the text but it is implicit in the titles that follow. They have been supplied in the translation for clarity to aid in identifying the referent.

[31:23]  ⁹ sn The blessing pronounced on the city of Zion/Jerusalem by the restored exiles looks at the restoration of its once exalted state as the city known for its sanctity and its just dealing (see Isa 1:21 and Ps 122). This was a reversal of the state of Jerusalem in the time of Isaiah and Jeremiah where wickedness not righteousness characterized the inhabitants of the city (cf. Isa 1:21; Jer 4:14; 5:1; 13:27). The blessing here presupposes the rebuilding of the city of Jerusalem and the temple which gave the city its sanctity.

[87:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “glorious things are spoken about you.” The translation assumes this is a general reference to compliments paid to Zion by those who live within her walls and by those who live in the surrounding areas and lands. Another option is that this refers to a prophetic oracle about the city’s glorious future. In this case one could translate, “wonderful things are announced concerning you.”

[6:1]  ¹¹ sn That is, approximately 740 b.c.

[6:1]  ¹² tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in vv. 8, 11 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[43:7]  ¹³ sn God’s throne is mentioned in Isa 6:1; Jer 3:17.

[43:7]  ¹⁴ sn See 1 Chr 28:2; Ps 99:5; 132:7; Isa 60:13; Lam 2:1.

[43:7]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “by their corpses in their death.” But the term normally translated “corpses” is better understood here as a reference to funeral pillars or funerary offerings. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:583-85, and L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:257.

[4:26]  ¹⁶ sn The meaning of the statement the Jerusalem above is free is that the other woman represents the second covenant (cf. v. 24); she corresponds to the Jerusalem above that is free. Paul’s argument is very condensed at this point.