60 Jeremiah had written on a scroll about all the disasters that would come upon Babylon – all that had been recorded concerning Babylon. 61 He said to Seraiah, ‘When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud. 62 Then say, “Lord, you have said you will destroy this place, so that neither people nor animals will live in it; it will be desolate for ever.”

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