King James Version
Jeremiah 30:2 in the King James Version says “Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.”
Jeremiah 30:2 · KJV
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 unto thee in a book.
For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“Write”
H3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“thee all the words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that I have spoken”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“unto thee in a book”
H5612properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
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