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Jeremiah 36:2

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.

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KJV 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 unto this day.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.

WEB World English Bible

Take a scroll of a book, and write therein 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.

ASV American Standard Version

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

‘Take to thee a roll of a book, and thou hast written on it all the words that I have spoken unto thee concerning Israel, and concerning Judah, and concerning all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day;

Surrounding context — Jeremiah 36

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 they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I [am] shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:

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קַח־H3947 · la.qachto take: take לְךָ֮H9031 · kayou מְגִלַּת־H4039 · me.gil.lahscroll סֵפֶר֒H5612 · se.pherscroll: document וְכָתַבְתָּ֣H3789 · ka.tavto write אֵלֶ֗יהָH413 · elto(wards)אֵ֣תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolall הַדְּבָרִ֞יםH1697 · da.varword אֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhich דִּבַּ֧רְתִּיH1696 · da.varto speak: speak אֵלֶ֛יךָH413 · elto(wards)עַל־H5921 · alupon יִשְׂרָאֵ֥לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael וְעַל־H5921 · alupon יְהוּדָ֖הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudah וְעַל־H5921 · alupon כָּל־H3605 · kolall הַגּוֹיִ֑םH1471 · goynation מִיּ֞וֹםH3117 · yomday דִּבַּ֤רְתִּיH1696 · da.varto speak: speak אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙H413 · elto(wards)מִימֵ֣יH3117 · yomday יֹאשִׁיָּ֔הוּH2977 · yo.shiy.yahJosiah וְעַ֖דH5704 · adtill הַיּ֥וֹםH3117 · yomday הַזֶּֽה׃H2088 · zehthis

Cross-references

Jeremiah 30:2Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.Jeremiah 25:3From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that [is] the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.Jeremiah 36:6Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD’S house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.Jeremiah 1:10See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.Exodus 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.Psalm 40:7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me,Jeremiah 36:23And it came to pass, [that] when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast [it] into the fire that [was] on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that [was] on the hearth.Jeremiah 51:60So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, [even] all these words that are written against Babylon.Ezekiel 2:9And when I looked, behold, an hand [was] sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book [was] therein;Jeremiah 25:9-29Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.Revelation 5:1-9And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.Isaiah 8:1Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.Zechariah 5:1-4Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.Ezra 6:2And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that [is] in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein [was] a record thus written:Deuteronomy 31:24And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,Hosea 8:12I have written to him the great things of my law, [but] they were counted as a strange thing.Jeremiah 23:13-14And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.Ezekiel 3:1-3Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.

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