Jeremiah 51:60

And Jeremiah wrote in one book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.

In Context

59The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was quartermaster.

61And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: 'When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words,

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Cross References

Isaiah 30:8Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.

Jeremiah 36:2'Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.

Jeremiah 51:1Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in Leb-kamai, a destroying wind.

Habakkuk 2:2And the LORD answered me, and said: 'Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that a man may read it swiftly.

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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