Jeremiah 51 · Verse 59

Jeremiah 51:59

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.
Jeremiah 51:59, King James Version

Jeremiah 51:59 in other translations

BSBThis 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.
WEBThe 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 chief quartermaster.
ASVThe 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 chief chamberlain.
YLTThe word that Jeremiah the prophet hath commanded Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, in his going with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign--and Seraiah is a quiet prince;
DARBYThe word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Nerijah, 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 chief chamberlain.
BBEThe order which Jeremiah the prophet gave to 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 rule. Now Seraiah was the chief controller of the house.
WebsterThe 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.

What does Jeremiah 51:59 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 51:59-64
59-64. A special copy of the prophecy prepared by Jeremiah was delivered to Seraiah, to console the Jews in their Babylonian exile. Though he was to throw it into the Euphrates, a symbol of Babylon's fate, no doubt he retained the substance in memory, so as to be able orally to communicate it to his countrymen. went with Zedekiah--rather, "in behalf of Zedekiah"; sent by Zedekiah to appease Nebuchadnezzar's anger at his revolt [Calvin]. fourth year--so that Jeremiah's prediction of Babylon's downfall was thus solemnly written and sealed by a symbolical action, six whole years before the capture of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. quiet prince--Compare 1Ch 22:9, "a man of rest." Seraiah was not one of the courtiers hostile to God's prophets, but "quiet" and docile; ready to execute Jeremiah's commission, notwithstanding the risk attending it. Glassius translates, "prince of Menuchah" (compare 1Ch 2:52, Margin). Maurer translates, "commander of the caravan," on whom it devolved to appoint the resting-place for the night. English Version suits the context best.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 59 The word which Jeremiah - On account of the message sent by Jeremiah to the Jewish captives in Babylon.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 51:59-64
This prophecy is sent to Babylon, to the captives there, by Seraiah, who is to read it to his countrymen in captivity. Let them with faith see the end of these threatening powers, and comfort themselves herewith. When we see what this world is, how glittering its shows, and how flattering its proposals, let us read in the book of the Lord that it shall shortly be desolate. The book must be thrown into the river Euphrates. The fall of the New Testament Babylon is thus represented, Rev. 18:21. Those that sink under the weight of God's wrath and curse, sink for ever. Babylon, and every antichrist, will soon sink and rise no more for ever. Let us hope in God's word, and quietly wait for his salvation; then we shall see, but shall not share, the destruction of the wicked.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Jeremiah 51:59 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַדָּבָ֞רha.da.Varthe wordH1697
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
צִוָּ֣ה\׀tzi.Vahhe commandedH6680
יִרְמְיָ֣הוּyir.me.Ya.huJeremiahH3414
הַנָּבִ֗יאha.na.Vi'the prophetH5030
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שְׂרָיָ֣הse.ra.YahSeraiahH8304
בֶן\־ven-[the] son ofH1121
נֵרִיָּה֮ne.ri.YahNeriahH5374
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
מַחְסֵיָה֒mach.se.YahMahseiahH4271
בְּלֶכְתּ֞וֹbe.lekh.Towhen went heH1980
אֶת\־'et-withH854
צִדְקִיָּ֤הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huZedekiahH6667
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
יְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahJudahH3063
בָּבֶ֔לba.VelBabylonH894
בִּשְׁנַ֥תbish.Natin [the] yearH8141
הָרְבִעִ֖יתha.re.vi.'It<the> fourthH7243
לְמָלְכ֑וֹle.ma.le.Khoof reigning hisH4427
וּשְׂרָיָ֖הu.se.ra.Yahand SeraiahH8304
שַׂ֥רsar[was] an official ofH8269
מְנוּחָֽה\׃me.nu.Chaha resting placeH4496

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 51:59

  • Jeremiah 32:12

    And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.

  • Jeremiah 36:4

    Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

  • Jeremiah 28:1

    And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

  • Jeremiah 45:1

    The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

  • Jeremiah 52:1

    Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Neriah.
32:12; 36:4; 45:1
with. or, on the behalf of. quiet prince. or, prince ofMenucha, or chief chamberlain.

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Context

  • Jeremiah 51:58

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.

  • Jeremiah 51:59

    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.

  • Jeremiah 51:60

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

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Jeremiah 51:59 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Palabra que envió Jeremías profeta á Seraías hijo de Nerías, hijo de Maasías, cuando iba con Sedechîas rey de Judá á Babilonia, el cuarto año de su reinado. Y era Seraías el principal camarero.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		La parole que Jérémie le prophète commanda à Seraïa, fils de Nérija, fils de Makhséïa, quand il alla avec Sédécias, roi de Juda, à Babylone, en la quatrième année de son règne; or Seraïa était premier chambellan.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Das Wort, welches der Prophet Jeremia Seraja, dem Sohne Nerijas, des Sohnes Machsejas, gebot, als er mit Zedekia, dem König von Juda, im vierten Jahre seiner Regierung nach Babel zog; und Seraja war Reisemarschall
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Verbum quod præcepit Jeremias propheta Saraiæ filio Neriæ filii Maasiæ, cum pergeret cum Sedecia rege in Babylonem, in anno quarto regni ejus: Saraias autem erat princeps prophetiæ.