Jeremiah 51:61

61 Yirmeyahu said to Serayah, When you come to Bavel, then see that you read all these words,

Jeremiah 51:61 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 51:61

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah
At the time he delivered the copy to him: when thou comest to Babylon;
or art come to Babylon, to the city of Babylon, and to the captive Jews there: and shalt see them;
the captives; or rather the great and populous city of Babylon, its high walls, gates, and towers, whose destruction is foretold in this book, and which might seem incredible. Abarbinel interprets it of his looking into the book given him; which he thinks was not to be opened and looked into till he came to Babylon: and shalt read all these words;
not before the king of Babylon and his princes, and yet not privately to himself; but in some proper place, in the presence of the captive Jews, or the chief of them, convened for that purpose.

Jeremiah 51:61 In-Context

59 The word which Yirmeyahu the prophet commanded Serayah the son of Neriyah, the son of Mechaseyah, when he went with Tzidkiyahu the king of Yehudah to Bavel in the fourth year of his reign. Now Serayah was chief chamberlain.

60 Yirmeyahu wrote in a book all the evil that should come on Bavel, even all these words that are written concerning Bavel.

61 Yirmeyahu said to Serayah, When you come to Bavel, then see that you read all these words,

62 and say, LORD, you have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor animal, but that it shall be desolate forever.

63 It shall be, when you have made an end of reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Perat: