KJV King James Version
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
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Jeremiah 51:61
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud,
WEB World English Bible
Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,
ASV American Standard Version
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jeremiah saith unto Seraiah, ‘When thou dost enter Babylon, then thou hast seen, and hast read all these words,
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 51
58 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.
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.
60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, [even] all these words that are written against Babylon.
61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
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.
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 Euphrates:
64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far [are] the words of Jeremiah.
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וַיֹּ֥אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיִרְמְיָ֖הוּH3414 · yir.me.yahJeremiahאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)שְׂרָיָ֑הH8304 · se.ra.yahSeraiahכְּבֹאֲךָ֣H935 · boto come (in): comeבָבֶ֔לH894 · ba.velBabylonוְֽרָאִ֔יתָH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeוְֽקָרָ֔אתָH7121 · qa.rato call: call toאֵ֥תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallהַדְּבָרִ֖יםH1697 · da.varwordהָאֵֽלֶּה׃H428 · el.lehthese
Cross-references
Mark 13:1And 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]!Colossians 4:16And 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 24:1And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to [him] for to shew him the buildings of the temple.Jeremiah 29:1-2Now 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;Revelation 1:3Blessed [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.1 Thessalonians 4:18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.1 Thessalonians 5:27I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.
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