Jeremiah 51:61

61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud,

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 This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign.

60 Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon.

61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud,

62 and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.’

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