Jeremiah 30:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“The LORD God of Israel says,‘Write everything that I am about to tell you in a scroll.

📖 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, write it down on a tablet in their presence, inscribe it on a scroll, so that it might be preserved for a future time as an enduring witness.
• Jer 36:32 : 32 Then Jeremiah got another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah. As Jeremiah dictated, Baruch wrote on this scroll everything that had been on the scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah burned in the fire. They also added on this scroll several other messages of the same kind.
• Jer 51:60-64 : 60 Jeremiah recorded on one scroll all the judgments that would come upon Babylon– all these prophecies written about Babylon. 61 Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah,“When you arrive in Babylon, make sure you read aloud all these prophecies. 62 Then say,‘O LORD, you have announced that you will destroy this place so that no people or animals live in it any longer. Certainly it will lie desolate forever!’ 63 When you finish reading this scroll aloud, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River. 64 Then say,‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the disaster I am ready to bring upon her; they will grow faint.’”The prophecies of Jeremiah end here.
• Dan 12:4 : 4 “But you, Daniel, close up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will dash about, and knowledge will increase.”
• Hab 2:2-3 : 2 The Lord Assures Habakkuk The LORD responded:“Write down this message! Record it legibly on tablets, so the one who announces it may read it easily. 3 For the message is a witness to what is decreed; it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; for it will certainly come to pass– it will not arrive late.
• Rom 15:4 : 4 For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
• 1 Cor 10:11 : 11 These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
• 2 Pet 1:21 : 21 for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
• Rev 1:11 : 11 saying:“Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches– to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
• Rev 1:19 : 19 Therefore write what you saw, what is, and what will be after these things.
• Jer 36:2-4 : 2 “Get a scroll. Write on it everything I have told you to say about Israel, Judah, and all the other nations since I began to speak to you in the reign of Josiah until now. 3 Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the disaster I intend to bring on them, they will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. If they do, I will forgive their sins and the wicked things they have done.” 4 So Jeremiah summoned Baruch son of Neriah. Then, Baruch wrote down in a scroll all of the LORD’s words which he had told to Jeremiah as they came from his mouth.
• Exod 17:14 : 14 The LORD said to Moses,“Write this as a memorial in the book, and rehearse it in Joshua’s hearing; for I will surely wipe out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
• Deut 31:19 : 19 Now write down for yourselves the following song and teach it to the Israelites. Put it into their very mouths so that this song may serve as my witness against the Israelites!
• Deut 31:22-27 : 22 So on that day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites, 23 and the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun,“Be strong and courageous, for you will take the Israelites to the land I have promised them, and I will be with you.” 24 Anticipation of Disobedience When Moses finished writing on a scroll the words of this law in their entirety, 25 he commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the LORD’s covenant, 26 “Take this scroll of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God. It will remain there as a witness against you, 27 for I know about your rebellion and stubbornness. Indeed, even while I have been living among you to this very day, you have rebelled against the LORD; you will be even more rebellious after my death!
• Job 19:23-24 : 23 Job’s Assurance of Vindication“O that my words were written down, O that they were written on a scroll, 24 that with an iron chisel and with lead they were engraved in a rock forever!
• Isa 8:1 : 1 A Sign-Child is Born The LORD told me,“Take a large tablet and inscribe these words on it with an ordinary stylus:‘Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.’