2Take 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.
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Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)In the beginning of Ezekiel’s prophecy we meet with a roll written in vision , for discovery of the things therein contained to the prophet himself, who was to receive and digest them, Ezek. 2:9 , 10 ; 3:1 . Here, in the latter end of Jeremiah’s prophecy, we meet with a roll written in fact , for discovery of the things contained therein to the people, who were to hear and give heed to them; for t…
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