Jeremiah 30 · Verse 2

Jeremiah 30:2

Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
Jeremiah 30:2, King James Version

Jeremiah 30:2 in other translations

BSB“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.
WEB“The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.
ASVThus speaketh Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
YLT‘Thus spake Jehovah, God of Israel, saying, Write for thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee on a book.
DARBYThus speaketh Jehovah the God of Israel, saying, Write thee in a book all the words that I have spoken unto thee.
BBEThe Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Put down in a book all the words which I have said to you.
WebsterThus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write for thee all the words that I have spoken to thee in a book.

What does Jeremiah 30:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Jr 30:1-24. Restoration of the Jews from Babylon after Its Capture, and Raising Up of Messiah.

2. Write ... in a book--After the destruction of Jerusalem Jeremiah is not ordered as heretofore to speak, but to write the succeeding prophecy (Jr 30:4, &c.), so as thereby it might be read by his countrymen wheresoever they might be in their dispersion.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book - The book here recommended I believe to be the thirtieth and thirty-first chapters; for among the Hebrews any portion of writing, in which the subject was finished, however small, was termed ספר sepher, a Book, a treatise or discourse.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 30:1-11

Troubles which shall be before the restoration of Israel. (Jr 30:1-11) Encouragement to trust Divine promises. (Jr 30:12-17) The blessings under Christ, and the wrath on the wicked. (Jr 30:18-24) Verses 1-11 Jeremiah is to write what God had spoken to him. The very words are such as the Holy Ghost teaches. These are the words God ordered to be written; and promises written by his order, are truly his word. He must…

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Jeremiah 30:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כֹּֽה\־koh-thusH3541
אָמַ֧ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
כְּתָב\־ke.tov-writeH3789
לְךָ֗le.Khafor <the> yourself
אֵ֧ת'et<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַדְּבָרִ֛יםha.de.va.Rimthe wordsH1697
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
דִּבַּ֥רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiI have spokenH1696
אֵלֶ֖יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
סֵֽפֶר\׃Se.fera bookH5612

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 30:2

  • Jeremiah 36:32

    Then 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.

  • Isaiah 30:8

    Now 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:

  • 2 Peter 1:21

    For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:11

    Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

  • Romans 15:4

    For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

  • Revelation 1:19

    Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;

  • Jeremiah 36:2-4

    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. 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. 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.

  • Revelation 1:11

    Saying, 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.

  • Jeremiah 51:60-64

    So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words; Then shalt thou say, O Lord, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: …

  • Habakkuk 2:2-3

    And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

  • Isaiah 8:1

    Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Maher–shalal–hash–baz.

  • Exodus 17:14

    And 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
36:2-4,32; 51:60-64; Ex 17:14; De 31:19,22-27; Job 19:23,24
Isa 8:1; 30:8; Da 12:4; Hab 2:2,3; Ro 15:4; 1Co 10:11; 2Pe 1:21
Re 1:11,19

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Context

  • Jeremiah 30:1

    The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

  • Jeremiah 30:2

    Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

  • Jeremiah 30:3

    For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

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Jeremiah 30:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Así habló Jehová Dios de Israel, diciendo: Escríbete en un libro todas las palabras que te he hablado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ainsi parle l’ Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël, disant: Écris pour toi dans un livre toutes les paroles que je t’ai dites.
German
Elberfelder 1871
So spricht Jehova, der Gott Israels, und sagt: Schreibe dir alle Worte, die ich zu dir geredet habe, in ein Buch.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël, dicens: Scribe tibi omnia verba quæ locutus sum ad te, in libro.