Jeremiah 51:59

59 This is what the prophet Jeremiah instructed the staff officer Seraiah, Neriah's son and Mahseiah's grandson, when Seraiah went to Babylon with Judah's King Zedekiah in the fourth year of his rule. Jeremiah's words end here.

Jeremiah 51:59 In-Context

57 I'll make her leaders and sages drunk, her governors, officials, and warriors as well. They will sleep forever, never to get up, declares the king, whose name is the LORD of heavenly forces.
58 The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: Babylon's massive walls will come down, down to the ground; and its high gates will be burned to the ground. People labor in vain; nations toil for nothing but ashes!
59 This is what the prophet Jeremiah instructed the staff officer Seraiah, Neriah's son and Mahseiah's grandson, when Seraiah went to Babylon with Judah's King Zedekiah in the fourth year of his rule. Jeremiah's words end here.
60 Jeremiah wrote down in a single scroll all the disasters that would happen to Babylon—all these things concerning Babylon.
61 Jeremiah said to Seraiah: When you get to Babylon, see to it that you read all these words.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or officer of rest, often translated as quartermaster
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