Jeremiah 51:59-64
New American Standard Bible
59 The [a]command that Jeremiah the prophet [b]gave Seraiah the son of (A)Neriah, the grandson of Mahseiah, when he went with (B)Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. (And Seraiah was quartermaster.) 60 Jeremiah (C)wrote [c]on a single scroll all the disaster which would come against Babylon, that is, all these words which have been written concerning Babylon. 61 Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “As soon as you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud, 62 and say, ‘You, Lord, have [d]promised concerning this place to (D)cut it off, so that there will be (E)nothing living in it, [e]whether man or animal; but it will be a permanent desolation.’ 63 And as soon as you finish reading this [f]scroll, you shall tie a stone to it and (F)throw it into the middle of the Euphrates, 64 and say, ‘Just so shall Babylon sink down and (G)not rise again, because of the disaster that I am going to bring upon her; and they will become (H)exhausted.’” (I)To this point are the words of Jeremiah.
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- Jeremiah 51:59 Lit word
- Jeremiah 51:59 Lit commanded
- Jeremiah 51:60 Or in...book
- Jeremiah 51:62 Lit spoken
- Jeremiah 51:62 Lit from man even to beast
- Jeremiah 51:63 Or book
Jeremiah 51:59-64
American Standard Version
59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was [a]chief chamberlain. 60 And Jeremiah wrote in [b]a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon. 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, [c]then see that thou read all these words, 62 and say, O Jehovah, thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. 63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates: 64 and thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary.
Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
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- Jeremiah 51:59 Or, quartermaster
- Jeremiah 51:60 Or, one book
- Jeremiah 51:61 Or, and shalt see, and read . . . then shalt thou say etc.
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