Jeremiah 51:60-62

New Catholic Bible

⁶⁰ Jeremiah had enumerated on a scroll all of the disasters that would befall Babylon—everything that had been recorded in regard to Babylon. ⁶¹ He said to Seraiah, “When you reach Babylon, make sure that you read all these words aloud. ⁶² Then say, ‘O Lord, you yourself declared your firm resolve to destroy this place so that neither man nor beast will ever live here again; it will be a desolate waste forever.’