Jeremias 37:2

2 Thus speaks the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write all the words which I have spoken to thee in a book.

Jeremias 37:2 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 37:2

But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land,
&c.] The king, his courtiers and subjects the royal family, nobility, and common people; they were all degenerate and corrupt. Jarchi observes, that Jehoiakim was wicked, and his people righteous; and that Zedekiah was righteous, and his people wicked but he seems to found his character on that single action of taking Jeremiah out of prison; whereas, according to this account, king and people were all wicked: for neither one or other did hearken unto the words of the Lord, which he spake by Jeremiah the
prophet;
neither those which were spoken in the former nor in the latter part of his reign, concerning the destruction of the city by the Chaldeans. This short count is given to show how just it was to give up such a prince and people to ruin.

Jeremias 37:2 In-Context

1 THE WORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAS FROM THE LORD, SAYING,

2 Thus speaks the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write all the words which I have spoken to thee in a book.

3 For, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel and Juda, said the Lord: and I will bring them back to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they shall be lords of it.

4 AND THESE ARE THE WORDS WHICH THE LORD SPOKE CONCERNING ISRAEL AND JUDA;

5 Thus said the Lord: Ye shall hear a sound of fear, fear, and there is not peace.