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Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
Jeremiah 30:2 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.
  • BSB “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.
  • NKJV “Thus speaks the Lord God of Israel, saying: ‘Write in a book for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you.
  • NASB “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book.
  • NLT “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Write down for the record everything I have said to you, Jeremiah.

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Quick answer

God commands Jeremiah to write all His words in a book. The promises of restoration are to be preserved for future generations.

Overview

Writing the message ensured it would endure beyond the prophet's lifetime to encourage exiles who would live to see its fulfillment. The permanence of the written word reflects the reliability of God's promises. It models how Scripture itself preserves God's faithful word across time.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 16

  • Isa 30:8Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
  • Jer 36:32Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.
  • Rev 1:19Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
  • Jer 36:2–4Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
  • Rev 1:11Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
  • Hab 2:2–3And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
  • 1 Cor 10:11Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
  • 2 Pet 1:21For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
  • Jer 51:60–64So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.
  • Rom 15:4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
  • Isa 8:1Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
  • Dan 12:4But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
  • Deut 31:19Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
  • Exod 17:14And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
  • Job 19:23–24Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
  • Deut 31:22–27Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Jeremiah videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on JeremiahMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.

How Jeremiah 30:2 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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