60 So Jeremiah (A)wrote in a single [a]scroll all the calamity which would come upon Babylon, that is, all these words which have been written concerning Babylon. 61 Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “As soon as you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words aloud, 62 and say, ‘You, O Lord, have [b]promised concerning this place to (B)cut it off, so that there will be (C)nothing dwelling in it, [c]whether man or beast, but it will be a perpetual desolation.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:60 Or book
  2. Jeremiah 51:62 Lit spoken
  3. Jeremiah 51:62 Lit from man even to beast