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Jeremiah 51:61 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words, "

Jeremiah 51:61

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59 The 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.

60 Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come on Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.

61 Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,

62 and say, ‘LORD, you have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that no one will dwell in it, neither man nor animal, but that it will be desolate forever.’

63 It will be, when you have finished reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the middle of the Euphrates.

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Jeremiah 51:1

"The LORD says: “Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind."

Jeremiah 51:2

"I will send to Babylon strangers, who will winnow her. They will empty her land; for in the day of trouble they will be against her all around."

Jeremiah 51:3

"Against him who bends, let the archer bend his bow, also against him who lifts himself up in his coat of mail. Don’t spare her young men! Utterly destroy all her army!"

Jeremiah 51:4

"They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets."

Jeremiah 51:5

"For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, by his God, by the LORD of Armies; though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel."

Jeremiah 51:6

"“Flee out of the middle of Babylon! Everyone save his own life! Don’t be cut off in her iniquity, for it is the time of the LORD’s vengeance. He will give to her a recompense."

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