Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write about this battle. Write these things in a book so people will remember what happened here. And be sure to tell Joshua that I will completely destroy the Amalekite people from the earth.”
Jeremiah 30:2 - Easy To Read Version The Lord, the God of the people of Israel, said: “Jeremiah, write in a book the words I have spoken to you. Write this book for yourself. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book. American Standard Version (1901) Thus speaketh Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. Common English Bible The LORD, the God of Israel, proclaims: Write down in a scroll all the words I have spoken to you. Catholic Public Domain Version "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, saying: You shall write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, saying: Write thee all the words that I have spoken to thee in a book. |
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write about this battle. Write these things in a book so people will remember what happened here. And be sure to tell Joshua that I will completely destroy the Amalekite people from the earth.”
Now write this on a sign so all people can see it. And write this in a book. Write these things for the last days. This will be far, far in the future:
The Lord told me, “Get a large scroll {\cf2\super [93]} and use a pen {\cf2\super [94]} to write these words: ‘This is for Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’ (This means ‘There will soon be looting and stealing.’)”
I have said many bad things will happen to Babylon. All of those things will happen. Jeremiah preached about those foreign nations. And all of those warnings are written in this book.
“Jeremiah, get another scroll. {\cf2\super [316]} Write all the messages on it that were on the first scroll. That is the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah burned.
Then Jeremiah took another scroll {\cf2\super [318]} and gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe. {\cf2\super [319]} As Jeremiah spoke, Baruch wrote on the scroll the same messages that were on the scroll that King Jehoiakim had burned in the fire. And many other words like those messages were added to the second scroll.
“‘But you, Daniel, keep this message a secret. You must close the book. You must keep this secret until the time of the end. Many people will go here and there looking for true knowledge. And the true knowledge will increase.’
Everything that was written in the past was written to teach us. Those things were written so that we could have hope. That hope comes from the patience and strength that the Scriptures give us.
The things that happened to those people are examples. And those things were written to be warnings for us. We live in the time that all those past histories were pointing to.
“So write down this song, and teach it to the people of Israel. Teach them to sing this song. Then this song will be a witness for me against the people of Israel.
No! No prophecy ever came from what a man wanted to say. But people were led by the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [5]} and spoke things from God.
The voice said, “Write in a book all these things you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
So write the things you see. Write the things that happen now and the things that will happen later.