Jeremiah 51:59-64
Lexham English Bible
The Scroll Concerning Babylon is Thrown into the Euphrates
59 The word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, at his going with Zedekiah, the king of Judah, to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was the quartermaster.[a] 60 And Jeremiah wrote all the disasters[b] that would come on Babylon in one scroll, all these words that are written concerning Babylon. 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “At your coming to Babylon, then you must see that you read aloud all these words. 62 And you must say, ‘Yahweh, you yourself spoke against this place, to destroy it, so that there will not be in it anything living, from humankind to animals,[c] for it will be an everlasting desolation.’[d] 63 And then[e] when you finish reading aloud this scroll, you must tie a stone on it, and you must throw it into the middle of the Euphrates. 64 And you must say, ‘Babylon will sink, and she will not rise, because of[f] the face of the disasters[g] that I am bringing on her, and they will grow weary.’” Thus far[h] the words of Jeremiah.
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- Jeremiah 51:59 Literally “official of the resting place”
- Jeremiah 51:60 Hebrew “disaster”
- Jeremiah 51:62 Hebrew “animal”
- Jeremiah 51:62 Literally “a desolation of eternity”
- Jeremiah 51:63 Literally “And it will happen”
- Jeremiah 51:64 Literally “from”
- Jeremiah 51:64 Hebrew “disaster”
- Jeremiah 51:64 Literally “Up to here”
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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