Jeremiah 36:2

Take thee a scroll, and write therein all the words which I have spoken unto thee concerning Israel and concerning Judah and concerning all the nations,—from the day I began to speak unto thee from the days of Josiah, even until this day:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 it came to pass, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying:

3Peradventure, the house of Judah will hearken unto all the calamity, which I am devising to execute against them,—to the end they may return every man from his wicked way, whereupon I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:24And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law, upon a scroll,—until he had finished them,

Ezra 6:2And there was found in Achmetha, in the fortress which is in the province of Media, a roll,—and, thus, was it written therein, as a record:—

Psalms 40:7Then, said I—Lo! I am come, In the written scroll, is it prescribed for me;

Isaiah 30:8Now, enter—Write it upon a tablet before them And upon a scroll, inscribe it,—That it may serve for a later day, For futurity, unto times age-abiding:—

Jeremiah 1:5Before I formed thee at thy birth, I took knowledge of thee, And before thy nativity, I hallowed thee,—A prophet to the nations, I appointed thee.

Jeremiah 2:4Hear ye the word of Yahweh O house of Jacob, And all the families 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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