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.
Get a scroll and write down all the words I have spoken to you against Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you in King Josiah's time until now.
God is telling Jeremiah to write down all the prophecies and warnings He has given him over the years so they can be preserved and shared with the people.
📚 Historical Context
This command came around 605 BC during the reign of King Jehoiakim, about 18 years after Jeremiah began his prophetic ministry under King Josiah. God wanted all of Jeremiah's previous oral prophecies compiled into written form, likely because the political situation was becoming increasingly dangerous and the written word could survive even if something happened to the prophet himself.
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