Jeremiah 51:61
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
Jeremiah 51:61 in other translations
| BSB | And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud, |
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| WEB | Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words, |
| ASV | And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words, |
| YLT | And Jeremiah saith unto Seraiah, ‘When thou dost enter Babylon, then thou hast seen, and hast read all these words, |
| DARBY | And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, see that thou read all these words; |
| BBE | And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, see that you give them all these words; |
| Webster | And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou shalt come to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words; |
What does Jeremiah 51:61 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…
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…
Jeremiah 51:61 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 51:61
- Mark 13:1
And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
- Colossians 4:16
And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:27
I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:18
Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
- Jeremiah 29:1-2
Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
- Revelation 1:3
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
- Matthew 24:1
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
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Context
- 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.
- Jeremiah 51:61
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
- Jeremiah 51:62
Then shalt thou say, O Lord, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
Jeremiah 51:61 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijo Jeremías á Seraías: Cuando llegares á Babilonia, y vieres y leyeres todas estas cosas, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Jérémie dit à Seraïa: Quand tu seras venu à Babylone, alors regarde et lis toutes ces paroles; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Jeremia sprach zu Seraja: Wenn du nach Babel kommst, so sieh zu und lies alle diese Worte, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et dixit Jeremias ad Saraiam: Cum veneris in Babylonem, et videris, et legeris omnia verba hæc, |