Jeremiah 36:2

Take thee a roll of a book Several skins were stitched together and attached to a roller of wood at one or both ends. The writing was arranged in columns parallel to the rollers, so that as the parchment was gradually unrolled from one end to the other, the successive columns could be read. Our word volume(that which is rolled up) points by its derivation to this older form of book.

write therein all the words The prophet's memory would supply him with the substance at any rate of the prophecies which he had uttered for the twenty-three years of his mission. But we may well believe, from the vivid style in which some of the earlier prophecies have come down to us, that he was able to draw upon some contemporary records of the exact language he had used, occasionally modifying it so as to adapt it to new circumstances.

Israel Jeremiah addresses the Northern kingdom with promisesonly (Jeremiah 3:6 ff., Jeremiah 31:2 ff.). Accordingly it is better to read, with considerable support from MSS. of LXX, Jerusalem.