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Thus speaks Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Write you all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.
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A Lasting Record of Hope
Commentators explain that God commanded Jeremiah to write these prophecies for a crucial reason. The spoken word had been ignored, and the people were swayed by false prophets. The written word would serve as a permanent, unchangeable record of God's true promises, designed to be a source of comfort and a foundation for faith for future generations, especially after their false hopes failed.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Write ... in a book - To be read and meditated upon by them in private. This makes it exceedingly probable that the date of these two chapte…
19th Century
Anglican
Write you all the words ... — The opening words emphasise the fact that what follows was not spoken at first, like Jeremi…
Baptist
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken…
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16th Century
Protestant
This and the next chapter contain, as we will see, a most profitable truth; and so that the people might be more attentive, God introduced these pr…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus speaks the Lord God of Israel Who is their covenant God; has not forgotten them; still has a regard for them; and sp…
Jeremiah is to write what God had spoken to him. The very words are those that the Holy Spirit teaches. These are the words God ordered to be writt…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. After threatening, he begins here to offer consolation.
First, he offers consolation to all collectively.
Second, he offers i…
