Jeremiah 36:2

(after the departure of Jechoniah the king and the queen, and the eunuchs, and every freeman, and bondman, and artificer, out of Jerusalem);

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Take 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 into this day.

In Context

1And these are the words of the book which Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the false prophets, even an epistle to Babylon for the captivity, and to all the people

3by the hand of Elasah son of Shaphan, and Gemariah son of Hilkiah (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Babylon to Babylon), saying,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:24And when Moses finished writing all the words of this law in a book, even to the end,

Ezra 6:2And there was found in the city, in the palace, a volume, and this was the record written in it.

Psalms 40:7And if he came to see me, his heart spoke vainly; 1 He gathered iniquity to himself; 1 He went forth and spoke in like manner. 1

Isaiah 30:8Now then sit down and write these words on a tablet, and in a book; for these things shall be for many long days, and even forever.

Jeremiah 1:5Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before thou camest forth from the womb, I sanctified thee; I appointed thee a prophet to the nations.

Jeremiah 2:4Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and every family of the house of Israel.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 36:2-9

The Roll Written by Baruch. ( b. c. 607.) 1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the Lord , saying, 2 Take 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. 3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that… Read the whole commentary →

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