Jeremiah 51:60-62
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
60 Jeremiah wrote down on one scroll the disaster that would befall Babylon;[a] all these words were written against Babylon. 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you reach Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud,(A) 62 and then say: Lord, you yourself spoke against this place in order to cut it down so that nothing, human being or beast, could live in it, because it is to remain a wasteland forever.
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Jeremiah 51:60-62
New International Version
60 Jeremiah had written on a scroll(A) 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(B) forever.’
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