Say
As with many common verbs, the meaning of “to say” in the Bible is highly dependent on context. Who is speaking? Who is hearing? What is it about? Is it a command, a message, an apology, instruction? All these things enter into the meaning of “say.” In general, though, “saying” has to do with sharing truth at various levels -- from the most exalted power people can have to perceive the Lord's desires directly to the most basic of orders issued to people at their lowest.
Jeremiah 30:1-5
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The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
2
Thus speaks Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.
3
For, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says Yahweh; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
4
These are the words that Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
5
For thus says Yahweh: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
