"And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;" — Jeremiah 51:61

Jeremiah 51:61 · KJV

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

— Jeremiah 51:61

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

Verse 62

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}

Jeremiah 51 — Context

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}

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;

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 Euphrates:

Cross References

Mark 13:1

And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings {are here}!

1 Thessalonians 5:27

I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. {charge: or, adjure}

Colossians 4:16

And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the {epistle} from Laodicea.

Matthew 24:1

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to {him} for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

1 Thessalonians 4:18

Wherefore comfort one another with these words. {comfort: or, exhort}

Revelation 1:3

Blessed {is} he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time {is} at hand.

Jeremiah 29:1-2

Now these {are} the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;