Jeremiah 36 · Verse 2

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.
Jeremiah 36:2, King James Version

Jeremiah 36:2 in other translations

BSB“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“Take a scroll of a book, and write in it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah even to this day.
ASVTake 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.
YLT‘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;
DARBYTake 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 spoke unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
BBETake a book and put down in it all the words I have said to you against Israel and against Judah and against all the nations, from the day when my word came to you in the days of Josiah till this day.
WebsterTake thee a roll of a book, and write in it all the words that I have spoken to thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to thee, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.

What does Jeremiah 36:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. roll of a book--a book formed of prepared skins made into a roll. Compare "volume of the book," that is, the Pentateuch (Psa 40:7). 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--(Jr 25:15, &c.). from ... days of Josiah--(Jr 25:3). From Josiah's thirteenth year (Jr 1:2).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Take 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. Sometimes two rollers are used, that as the matter is read from the roll in the left hand, the reader may coil it on the roller in his right. In this form the Pentateuch is written which is read in the synagogues.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 36:1-8

Baruch is to write the prophecies of Jeremiah. (Jr 36:1-8) The princes advise them to hide themselves. (Jr 36:9-19) The king having heard a part, burns the roll. (Jr 36:20-32) Verses 1-8 The writing of the Scriptures was by Divine appointment. The Divine wisdom directed to this as a proper means; if it failed, the house of Judah would be the more without excuse. The Lord declares to sinners the evil he purposes to…

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Jeremiah 36:2 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.

קַח\־kach-takeH3947
לְךָ֮le.Khafor <the> yourself
מְגִלַּת\־me.gi.lat-a scroll ofH4039
סֵפֶר֒se.Fera documentH5612
וְכָתַבְתָּ֣ve.kha.tav.Taand you will writeH3789
אֵלֶ֗יהָ'e.Lei.hato itH413
אֵ֣ת'et<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַדְּבָרִ֞יםha.de.va.Rimthe wordsH1697
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
דִּבַּ֧רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiI have spokenH1696
אֵלֶ֛יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413
עַל\־'al-onH5921
יִשְׂרָאֵ֥לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
יְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471
מִיּ֞וֹםmi.Yomfrom [the] dayH3117
דִּבַּ֤רְתִּיdi.Bar.ti[when] I spokeH1696
אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙'e.Lei.khato youH413
מִימֵ֣יmi.Meifrom [the] days ofH3117
יֹאשִׁיָּ֔הוּyo.shi.Ya.huJosiahH2977
וְעַ֖דve.'Adand untilH5704
הַיּ֥וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117
הַזֶּֽה\׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 36:2

  • 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 1:10

    See, 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.

  • Jeremiah 36:6

    Therefore 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.

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 25:3

    From 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 36:23

    And 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 51:60

    So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.

  • Jeremiah 25:9-29

    Behold, 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. Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. …

  • Psalms 40:7

    Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

  • Ezekiel 2:9

    And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

  • Hosea 8:12

    I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a roll.
6,23,29; 30:2; 45:1; 51:60; Ex 17:14; De 31:24; Ezr 6:2; Job 31:35
Ps 40:7; Isa 8:1; 30:8,9; Eze 2:9; 3:1-3; Hab 2:2,3; Zec 5:1-4
Re 5:1-9
write.
30:2; Ho 8:12
against Israel.
2:4; 3:3-10; 23:13,14; 32:30-35; 2Ki 17:18-20
against all.
1:5,10; 25:9-29; 47:1-51:64
from the days.
1:2,3; 25:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

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,

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 36:3

    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.

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Jeremiah 36:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Tómate un rollo de libro, y escribe en él todas las palabras que te he hablado contra Israel y contra Judá, y contra todas las gentes, desde el día que comencé á hablarte, desde los días de Josías hasta hoy.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Prends-toi un rouleau de livre, et y écris toutes les paroles que je t’ai dites contre Israël et contre Juda, et contre toutes les nations, depuis le jour où je t’ai parlé, depuis les jours de Josias et jusqu’à ce jour.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Nimm dir eine Buchrolle und schreibe darauf alle die Worte, welche ich zu dir geredet habe über Israel und über Juda und über alle Nationen, von dem Tage an, da ich zu dir geredet habe, von den Tagen Josias an bis auf diesen Tag.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Tolle volumen libri, et scribes in eo omnia verba quæ locutus sum tibi adversum Israël et Judam, et adversum omnes gentes, a die qua locutus sum ad te ex diebus Josiæ usque ad diem hanc: