Jeremiah 51:61

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you will enter into Babylon, and you will see and read all these words,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

60And Jeremiah wrote in one book all the evil that was to overwhelm Babylon; all these words were written against Babylon.

62you will say: ‘O Lord, you have spoken against this place so that you may destroy it, so that there would not be anyone, from man even to beast, who may live in it, and so that it may be desolate forever.’

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Cross References

Matthew 24:1And Jesus departed from the temple and went away. And his disciples approached him, so as to show him the buildings of the temple.

Colossians 4:16And when this epistle has been read among you, cause it to be read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and you should read that which is from the Laodiceans.

1 Thessalonians 5:27I bind you, through the Lord, that this epistle is to be read to all the holy brothers.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:60-64

The Prophecy Sent to the People. ( b. c. 595.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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