63 And when thou hast made an end of reading this book, thou shalt bind a [a]stone to it, and cast it in the midst of Euphrates,

64 And shalt say, Thus shall Babel be drowned and shall not rise from the evil, that I will bring upon her: and they shall [b]be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:63 St. John in his Revelation alludeth to this place, when he saith that the Angel took a millstone and cast it into the sea: signifying thereby the destruction of Babylon, Rev. 18:21.
  2. Jeremiah 51:64 They shall not be able to resist, but shall labor in vain.

Bible Gateway Recommends