"So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, {even} all these words that are written against …" — Jeremiah 51:60

Jeremiah 51:60 · KJV

“So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, {even} all these words that are written against Babylon.”

— Jeremiah 51:60

Verse 59

The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And {this} Seraiah {was} a quiet prince. {with: or, on the behalf of} {quiet...: or, prince of Menucha, or, chief chamberlain}

Verse 61

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;

Jeremiah 51 — Context

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. {The broad...: or, The walls of broad Babylon} {broken: or, made naked}

So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, {even} all these words that are written against Babylon.

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;

Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. {desolate: Heb. desolations}

Cross References

Isaiah 30:8

Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: {the...: Heb. the latter day}

Jeremiah 36:32

Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words. {like: Heb. as they}

Jeremiah 30:2-3

Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

Habakkuk 2:2-3

And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make {it} plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

Daniel 12:4

But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, {even} to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Isaiah 8:1-4

Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. {Mahershalalhashbaz: Heb. In making speed to the spoil he hasteneth the prey, or, Make speed, etc}

Revelation 1:11

Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send {it} unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

Revelation 1:19

Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;