Psa 48:2-3, 9, Jer 3:17 | JFB | STEP | 2, 3. situation —literally, "elevation." joy of, &c.—source of joy. sides of the north —poetically for eminent, lofty, distinguished, as the ancients believed the north to be the highest part of the earth (compare ).

Psalms 48:2-3

2, 3. situation—literally, "elevation."

joy of, &c.—source of joy.

sides of the north—poetically for eminent, lofty, distinguished, as the ancients believed the north to be the highest part of the earth (compare Isa 14:13).

3. palaces—literally, "citadels."

refuge— (Ps 9:10; 18:3). He was so known in them because they enjoyed His presence.

Psalms 48:9

9. thought of—literally, "compared," or considered, in respect of former dealings.

in the . . . temple—in acts of solemn worship (compare 2Ch 20:28).

Jeremiah 3:17

17. Jerusalem—the whole city, not merely the temple. As it has been the center of the Hebrew theocracy, so it shall be the point of attraction to the whole earth (Isa 2:2-4; Zec 2:10, 11; 14:16-21).

throne of . . . Lord—The Shekinah, the symbol of God's peculiar nearness to Israel (De 4:7) shall be surpassed by the antitype, God's own throne in Jerusalem (Ps 2:6, 8; Eze 34:23, 24; Zec 2:5).

imagination—rather, as Margin, "the obstinacy" or stubbornness.