It can be profitable for prophecies to be recorded

It can be profitable for prophecies to be recorded. 

People in the Bible were commanded to record the prophecies they were receiving, and even record them again when their recordings were destroyed.

Recordings of the prophecies were to include all the words that were received, without adding to them or removing from them. 

This can be profitable because prophecies are not necessarily understood automatically and so preserving the words as they were given can insure the preservation of their original meanings. 

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People were commanded in the Bible to record the prophecies they were receiving:

When receiving a prophecy, Jeremiah was commanded by the LORD to write it down, as it is written: "(the) word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Take to yourself a papyrus roll of a scroll, and WRITE UPON IT ALL THE WORDS which I warned to you against Jerusalem, and against Judah, and against all the nations" (Jeremiah 36:1-2).

When receiving a prophecy, Habakkuk was commanded by the LORD to write it down, as it is written: "the LORD answered to me and said, “WRITE (THE) VISION, and exactly on a tablet" (Habakkuk 2:2).

When receiving a prophecy, John was commanded by the LORD to write it down, as it is written: "WRITE in (a) book WHAT YOU-SEE" (Revelation 1:11).

People were commanded in the Bible to record the prophecies again if their recordings were destroyed:

When receiving a prophecy, Jeremiah was commanded by the LORD to write it down, as it is written: "(the) word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Take to yourself a papyrus roll of a scroll, and WRITE UPON IT ALL THE WORDS which I warned to you against Jerusalem, and against Judah, and against all the nations" (Jeremiah 36:1-2).

Later these recordings were burned by a king, but Jeremiah was commanded to write them down again, as it is written: "(the) word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, AFTER THE KING BURNED THE PAPYRUS ROLL, all the words which Baruch wrote from (the) mouth of Jeremiah, saying, “AGAIN YOU TAKE ANOTHER PAPYRUS ROLL, AND WRITE ALL THE WORDS BEING ON THE PAPYRUS ROLL, WHICH KING JOHOIAKIM BURNED" (Jeremiah 36:28).

People were commanded in the Bible to not add or remove words from the prophecies as they were recorded:

When receiving a prophecy, people were commanded to record all the words like they were spoken, as it is written: "(the) word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Take to yourself a papyrus roll of a scroll, and write WRITE UPON IT ALL THE WORDS which I warned to you against Jerusalem, and against Judah, and against all the nations" (Jeremiah 36:1-2).

In the context of having received a prophecy, people were commanded to not add or remove words from it, as it is written: "THE WORDS (OF) THE PROPHECY (of) this book: IF ANYONE ADDS TO THEM, God will-add to him the plagues having-been-written in this book. And IF ANYONE TAKES-AWAY FROM THE WORDS (OF) THE BOOK (OF) THIS PROPHECY, God will-take his part away-from the tree (of) life" (Revelation 22:19).

Why recording prophecies with accuracy?

Recording prophecies with accuracy (with the exact words that were spoken) can be important because prophecies are not necessarily understood automatically. 

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Prophecies are not necessarily understood automatically:
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Someone receiving a prophecy may thus not assume that they might understand automatically what it means but instead attempt to preserve the words as they were given to insure the preservation of their original meanings. 

After the original words are preserved when recorded, it is then possible to try to understand them.

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How can the language used in prophecies be understood?:
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