You have a shocking inability to understand nuance and metaphor.
Dino, John 17:17 is not a metaphor. It is a statement of fact and truth which proceeded from the lips of our Saviour and Lord. Jesus said “Thy word (Father’s word) is Truth.” No metaphor being used there. Likewise, John 6:63 and Phil. 2:16 also are not metaphors. Jesus said His words are spirit and they are life. Very clear to me. In Phil. 2:16 the word of God is called the word of life. That is not a metaphor either. It is a statement of Fact. The Bible is full of life and it gives Life.
The Bible doesn't say that "the Bible knows..."; it says, "discerns". There is a significant difference. As for your version-idolatry, let's save that for another thread.
For the Bible to be able to discern our thoughts, it first would have to know our thoughts.
discern
[dəˈsərn]
VERB
discern (verb) · discerns (third person present) · discerned (past tense) · discerned (past participle) · discerning (present participle)
perceive or recognize (something).
synonyms:
find out ·
discover · get/
come to know
become aware of
DISCERN,
verb transitive s as z. [Latin , to separate or distinguish, Gr.]
1. To separate by the eye, or by the understanding. Hence,
2. To distinguish; to see the difference between two or more things; to discriminate; as, to
discern the blossom-buds from the leaf-buds of plants.
3. To make the difference.
For nothing else discerns the virtue or the vice.
4. To discover; to see; to distinguish by the eye.
I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding.
Proverbs 7:7.
5. To discover by
the intellect; to distinguish; hence,
to have knowledge of; to judge.
So is my lord the king to
discern good and bad.
2 Samuel 14:17.
A wise mans heart discerneth time and judgment.
Ecclesiastes 8:5.
DISCERN,
verb intransitive
1. To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to
discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.
2. To have judicial cognizance.
More ignorance of nuance and metaphor.
Dino, you are the one rejecting what Scripture clearly teaches concerning the indwelling of Christ and His word in every believer:
John 15:3-11 King James Bible
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
{4} Abide in me,
and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
{5} I am the vine, ye
are the branches: He that abideth in me,
and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
{6} If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast
them into the fire, and they are burned.
{7} If ye abide in me,
and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
{8} Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
{9} As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
{10} If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
{11} These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and
that your joy might be full.
Colossians 1:27 To whom God would make known what
is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is
Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Ephesians 3:16-21 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
{17} That
Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
{18} May be able to comprehend with all saints what
is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
{19} And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
{20} Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to
the power that worketh in us, {21} Unto him
be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen."
1 John 2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him
that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and
the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
No, Jeremiah does not record that "the Bible is to be eaten". Even if he did, that would not make the two the same.
It is rather clear what was speaking of when he said:
Jeremiah 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and
thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
Jeremiah was speaking of the word of God. ( i.e. The Bible, the Holy Scripture).
