61He said to Seraiah, "When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud.


In Context

58 This is what the Lord Almighty says: "Babylon's thick wall will be leveled and her high gates set on fire; the peoples exhaust themselves for nothing, the nations' labor is only fuel for the flames."

59 This is the message Jeremiah gave to the staff officer Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with Zedekiah king of Judah in the fourth year of his reign.

60 Jeremiah had written on a scroll about all the disasters that would come upon Babylon-all that had been recorded concerning Babylon.

61 He said to Seraiah, "When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud.

62 Then say, 'O Lord , you have said you will destroy this place, so that neither man nor animal will live in it; it will be desolate forever.'

63 When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates.

Jeremiah 51:61 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

51:61And Jeremias said to Saraias: When thou shalt come into Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

51:61And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:61And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, see that thou read all these words;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

51:61And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:61Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

51:61And Jeremiah saith unto Seraiah, 'When thou dost enter Babylon, then thou hast seen, and hast read all these words,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

51:61And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, and shall see, and shall read all these words;