Jeremiah 30:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Put down in a book all the words which I have said to you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר כְּתָב־לְךָ֗ אֵ֧ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֛ים אֲשֶׁר־דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי אֵלֶ֖יךָ אֶל־סֵֽפֶר

Transliteration

Thus ʾāmar Yhwh ʾᵉlōhê yiśrāʾēl lēʾmōr kᵉtāḇ-lᵉḵā ʾēt all-the-dᵉḇārîm which-dibbarti to-you to-sēp̄er

Grammar Details

• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - said/spoke
• *Yhwh*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *ʾᵉlōhê*: masculine plural construct noun - God of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to say/saying
• *kᵉtāḇ-lᵉḵā*: qal imperative masculine singular + preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - write for yourself
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *dᵉḇārîm*: masculine plural noun - words/things/matters
• *dibbarti*: piel perfect 1st person singular - I have spoken/said
• *sēp̄er*: masculine singular noun - book/scroll/document

Word Meanings

• *ʾāmar*: said/spoke/commanded
• *ʾᵉlōhê*: God of/deity of
• *kᵉtāḇ-lᵉḵā*: write for yourself/record for yourself
• *dᵉḇārîm*: words/matters/things/commands
• *sēp̄er*: book/scroll/document/letter

Referenced Verses

• Isa 30:8 : 8 Now go, put it in writing before them on a board, and make a record of it in a book, so that it may be for the future, a witness for all time to come.
• Jer 36:32 : 32 Then Jeremiah took another book, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who put down in it, from the mouth of Jeremiah, all the words of the book which had been burned in the fire by Jehoiakim, king of Judah: and in addition a number of other words of the same sort.
• Jer 51:60-64 : 60 And Jeremiah put in a book all the evil which was to come on Babylon. 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, see that you give them all these words; 62 And after reading them, say, O Lord, you have said about this place that it is to be cut off, so that no one will be living in it, not a man or a beast, but it will be unpeopled for ever. 63 And it will be that, when you have come to an end of reading this book, you are to have a stone fixed to it, and have it dropped into the Euphrates: 64 And you are to say, So Babylon will go down, never to be lifted up again, because of the evil which I will send on her: and weariness will overcome them. So far, these are the words of Jeremiah.
• Dan 12:4 : 4 But as for you, O Daniel, let the words be kept secret and the book rolled up and kept shut till the time of the end: numbers will be going out of the way and troubles will be increased.
• Hab 2:2-3 : 2 And the Lord gave me an answer, and said, Put the vision in writing and make it clear on stones, so that the reader may go quickly. 3 For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back.
• Rom 15:4 : 4 Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.
• 1 Cor 10:11 : 11 Now these things were done as an example; and were put down in writing for our teaching, on whom the last days have come.
• 2 Pet 1:21 : 21 For these words did not ever come through the impulse of men: but the prophets had them from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
• Rev 1:11 : 11 Saying, What you see, put in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.
• Rev 1:19 : 19 Put in writing, then, the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will be after these;
• Jer 36:2-4 : 2 Take 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. 3 It may be that the people of Judah, hearing of all the evil which it is my purpose to do to them, will be turned, every man from his evil ways; so that they may have my forgiveness for their evil-doing and their sin. 4 Then Jeremiah sent for Baruch, the son of Neriah; and Baruch took down from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord which he had said to him, writing them in a book.
• Exod 17:14 : 14 And the Lord said to Moses, Make a record of this in a book, so that it may be kept in memory, and say it again in the ears of Joshua: that all memory of Amalek is to be completely uprooted from the earth.
• Deut 31:19 : 19 Make then this song for yourselves, teaching it to the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, so that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
• Deut 31:22-27 : 22 So that same day Moses made this song, teaching it to the children of Israel. 23 Then he gave orders to Joshua, the son of Nun, saying to him, Be strong and take heart: for you are to go at the head of the children of Israel into the land which I made an oath to give them; and I will be with you. 24 Now after writing all the words of this law in a book till the record of them was complete, 25 Moses said to the Levites who were responsible for taking up the ark of the Lord's agreement, 26 Take this book of the law and put it by the ark of the Lord's agreement, so that it may be a witness against you. 27 For I have knowledge of your hard and uncontrolled hearts: even now, while I am still living, you will not be ruled by the Lord; how much less after my death?
• Job 19:23-24 : 23 If only my words might be recorded! if they might be put in writing in a book! 24 And with an iron pen and lead be cut into the rock for ever!
• Isa 8:1 : 1 And the Lord said to me, Take a great writing-board, and on it put down in common letters, Maher-shalal-hash-baz;