“Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.”
God commands Jeremiah to write prophecies in a book, signifying permanence and authority for future generations. Writing preserves the word beyond the prophet's lifetime, ensuring that exiles and their descendants will have tangible evidence of God's commitment. This parallels the Deuteronomic emphasis on written law and prefigures the literary compilation of prophetic collections.
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