Jeremiah 36:2
in Jeremiah 36“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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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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This verse in Jeremiah 36
Commentary
7 notes on this verseTake thee a roll of a book - Take a sufficient quantity of parchment; cut and stitch it together, that it may make a roll on which to write the words that I have already spoken, that they may serve for a testimony to future generations. The Jewish rolls, several of which now lie before me, were made of vellum, or of sheep-skins dressed in the half-tanned or Basil manner. These were cut into certain lengths, and those parts were all stitched together, and rolled upon a roller. The matter was written on these skins in columns or pages.
This site's exposition
the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah
on Jeremiah 36:1-4
The scroll gathers every word spoken to Jeremiah “concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations” from Josiah to Jehoiakim’s fourth year. The purpose is given before a word is written: “Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.” Baruch son of Neriah first appears here as the scribe.
This site's exposition
Take a scroll and write on it
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read the command as gathering all the words spoken during the reign of Josiah and after onto one scroll. Barnes describes the scroll as skins sewn together and rolled up. Twenty-three years of words went onto it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Take thee a roll of a book,....
What they had heard once must be recapitulated, and rehearsed to them again, that what was forgotten might be called to mind again and what made no impression upon them at the first hearing might take hold of them when they heard it the second time. And what was perhaps already written, and published in single sermons, must be collected into one volume, that none might be lost.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
It does not follow that his prophecies were not before committed to writing; what is implied is, they were now written together in one volume, so as to be read continuously to the Jews in the temple. against . . . nations-- (Jer 25:15, &c.). from . . . days of Josiah-- (Jer 25:3).
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
A roll of a book - A parchment-scroll, consisting of several skins sewn together, and cut of an even breadth, with a piece of wood at one end (or, in case of larger volumes, at both ends) on which to roll them up. Write therein all the words ... - The phrase means that the roll was to contain “all the counsel of God” Act 20:27 upon the special point mentioned in Jer 36:3; and that the prophet was not to keep anything back.
The words behind it
27 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קַח־ | kach- | take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| לְךָ֮ | lekha | for <the> yourself | ||
| מְגִלַּת־ | megilat- | a scroll of | H4039 → | 21 times |
| סֵפֶר֒ | sefer | a document | H5612 → | 186 times |
| וְכָתַבְתָּ֣ | vekhatavta | and you will write | H3789 → | 224 times |
| אֵלֶ֗יהָ | ʾeleiha | to it | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֵ֣ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַדְּבָרִ֞ים | hadevarim | the words | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבַּ֧רְתִּי | dibarti | I have spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֵלֶ֛יךָ | ʾeleikha | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יְהוּדָ֖ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַגּוֹיִ֑ם | hagoyim | the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| מִיּ֞וֹם | miyom | from [the] day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| דִּבַּ֤רְתִּי | dibarti | [when] I spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ | ʾeleikha | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מִימֵ֣י | mimei | from [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| יֹאשִׁיָּ֔הוּ | yoshiyahu | Josiah | H2977 → | 53 times |
| וְעַ֖ד | vead | and until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֥וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
קַח־take
kach-H3947 →966 times
לְךָ֮for <the> yourself
lekha
מְגִלַּת־a scroll of
megilat-H4039 →21 times
סֵפֶר֒a document
seferH5612 →186 times
וְכָתַבְתָּ֣and you will write
vekhatavtaH3789 →224 times
אֵלֶ֗יהָto it
ʾeleihaH413 →5510 times
אֵ֣ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַדְּבָרִ֞יםthe words
hadevarimH1697 →1440 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
דִּבַּ֧רְתִּיI have spoken
dibartiH1696 →1141 times
אֵלֶ֛יךָto you
ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֥לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
יְהוּדָ֖הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַגּוֹיִ֑םthe nations
hagoyimH1471 →561 times
מִיּ֞וֹםfrom [the] day
miyomH3117 →2304 times
דִּבַּ֤רְתִּי[when] I spoke
dibartiH1696 →1141 times
אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙to you
ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times
מִימֵ֣יfrom [the] days of
mimeiH3117 →2304 times
יֹאשִׁיָּ֔הוּJosiah
yoshiyahuH2977 →53 times
וְעַ֖דand until
veadH5704 →1261 times
הַיּ֥וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 1:10See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 31:28
Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
- 2 Corinthians 10:4–5
The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
- Isaiah 44:26–28
who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I…
- Jeremiah 31:4–5
Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
- Ezekiel 36:36
Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do…
- Jeremiah 31:28
Through
Exodus 17:14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
it leads to
- Exodus 34:27
The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
- Exodus 34:27
Through
Jeremiah 25:3“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again,…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 1:2
The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
- Jeremiah 11:7
For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’
- Jeremiah 1:2
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2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PersonLate monarchyJosiahThe boy-king who found the book of the law in the temple, tore his clothes, and led Judah's last great reformation and Passover be…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.