⁶¹ And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words,

³ Blessed is the one who reads the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

²⁷ I solemnly command you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the brothers and sisters.^(A)

¹⁸ Therefore encourage one another with these words.

¹⁶ And when this letter has been read among you, have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and see that you read also the letter from Laodicea.

The Destruction of the Temple Foretold

13 As he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!”

The Destruction of the Temple Foretold

24 As Jesus came out of the temple and was going away, his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple.^(A)

Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles in Babylon

29 These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. ² This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the court officials, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the artisans, and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem.^(A)