Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel
Who is their covenant God; has not forgotten them; still has a
regard for them; and speaks after the following comfortable
manner concerning them: saying, write thee all the words
that I have spoken unto thee in a
book;
being things of consequence, that they might remain to after
ages; and be read to the use, comfort, and edification of the
Lord's people, in times to come; and be a support to their faith
and hope, as well as be a testimony of the truth and faithfulness
of God. Some think this charge refers to all the prophecies that
go before, as well as follow after, to put them all together in a
book or roll, that they might be preserved; though others think
it refers only to the present prophecy; and so Kimchi interprets
it, write all the words "that I am now speaking unto thee"
F15 in a book; which should come to
pass in the latter day. So John is bid to write in a book what he
saw; the things that are, and shall be hereafter, ( Revelation
1:11 Revelation
1:19 ) .