Jeremiah 51:59-64
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Jeremiah’s Command to Seraiah
59 The word that the prophet Jeremiah commanded Seraiah son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, when he went with King Zedekiah of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. Seraiah was the quartermaster.(A) 60 Jeremiah wrote in a[a] scroll all the disasters that would come on Babylon, all these words that are written concerning Babylon.(B) 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words, 62 and say, ‘O Lord, you yourself threatened to destroy this place so that neither humans nor animals shall live in it, and it shall be desolate forever.’(C) 63 When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it, and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates,(D) 64 and say, ‘Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disasters that I am bringing on her.’ ”[b]
Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.(E)
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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
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