So Baruch explained, “Jeremiah dictated them, and I wrote them down in ink, word for word, on this scroll.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Then Baruch answered them, “He dictated all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.”
- KJV Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
- BSB “It was at his dictation,” Baruch replied. “He recited all these words to me and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”
- NKJV So Baruch answered them, “He proclaimed with his mouth all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink in the book.”
- NASB And Baruch said to them, “He dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink on the book.”
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Quick answer
Baruch confirms that Jeremiah dictated every word, which he faithfully wrote down in ink.
Overview
Baruch testifies that the scroll contains Jeremiah's spoken prophecies, recorded exactly as given. This affirms the careful, accurate transmission of God's word through human instruments. It illustrates the biblical pattern of inspired prophecy preserved in writing, a process that ultimately yields the trustworthy Scriptures.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Jer 36:4Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all Yahweh’s words, which he had spoken to him, on a scroll of a book.
- Jer 36:2“Take a scroll of a book, and write in it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.
- Jer 43:2–3then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, “You speak falsely. Yahweh our God has not sent you to say, ‘You shall not go into Egypt to live there;’
- Prov 26:4–5Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
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