So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come on Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
- BSB Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon.
- NKJV So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that would come upon Babylon, all these words that are written against Babylon.
- NASB Jeremiah wrote on a single scroll all the disaster which would come against Babylon, that is, all these words which have been written concerning Babylon.
- NLT Jeremiah had recorded on a scroll all the terrible disasters that would soon come upon Babylon—all the words written here.
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Quick answer
Jeremiah wrote in a single book all the disaster that would come on Babylon, all these words concerning her. The prophecies of judgment are committed to writing for a purpose.
Overview
By recording the oracles in one scroll, Jeremiah preserves God's word as a permanent witness against Babylon. The written form gives the prophecy enduring force, to be read aloud and then symbolically enacted. The care to write God's words reflects the reliability and permanence of His revelation, ultimately treasured in the written Scriptures that testify of Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- 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 30:2–3Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rev 1:19Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
- Isa 8:1–4Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
- 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.
- 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.
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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.
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