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
English Standard Version
59 The word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah (A)the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, (B)in the fourth year of his reign. Seraiah was the quartermaster. 60 (C)Jeremiah wrote in a book all the disaster that should come upon Babylon, (D)all these words that are written concerning Babylon. 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words, 62 and say, ‘O Lord, you have said concerning this place that you will cut it off, so (E)that nothing shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, and it shall be (F)desolate forever.’ 63 When you finish reading this book, (G)(H)tie a stone to it (I)and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates, 64 and say, (J)‘Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disaster that I am bringing upon her, (K)and they shall become exhausted.’”
Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
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