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Jeremiah 51:61

JeremiahSeraiahBabylon

59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.

60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;

62 Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.

63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud,
KJV
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
WEB
Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,
ASV
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words,
DARBY
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, see that thou read all these words;
BLB
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “In your coming [to] Babylon, you should see and call out all these words.
ÅB
Og Jeremias sa til Seraja: Når du kommer til Babel, da se til at du leser opp alle disse ord!
OTB
Dessuten, bind en stein til den og kast den i Eufrat-elven,
B1930
Og Jeremias sa til Seraja: Når du kommer til Babel, da se til at du leser op alle disse ord!

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  • Mark 13:1

    And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!

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  • Colossians 4:16

    And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:27

    I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 4:18

    Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

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  • Jeremiah 29:1–2

    Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;

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  • Revelation 1:3

    Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

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  • Matthew 24:1

    And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

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