Jeremiah 51:62

60 Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon.

61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud,

and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.’

63 When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.

64 Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.

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 say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.’
KJV
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.
WEB
and say, ‘LORD, you have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that no one will dwell in it, neither man nor animal, but that it will be desolate forever.’
ASV
and say, O Jehovah, thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
DARBY
and say, Jehovah, thou hast spoken concerning this place, that thou wilt cut it off, so that none shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
BLB
And you shall say, ‘O YHWH, You have spoken against this place to cut it off, so that there is no one remaining in it, from man even to beast, but it will be a desolation forever.’
ÅB
Og du skal si: Herre! Du har talt mot dette sted og sagt at du vil ødelegge det, så det ikke skal være noen som bor der, hverken menneske eller dyr, men at det skal bli til evige ørkener.
OTB
og si, «Slik vil Babylon synke og ikke stige igjen, på grunn av katastrofen som jeg bringer over henne. Og hvis de spør deg, ‘Hvorfor har du gjort dette?’ da skal du si til dem, ‘Fordi Herren har talt og lovet å gjøre disse tingene.’
B1930
Og du skal si: Herre! Du har talt mot dette sted og sagt at du vil ødelegge det, så det ikke skal være nogen som bor der, hverken menneske eller dyr, men at det skal bli til evige ørkener.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 50:13

    Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.

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  • Jeremiah 50:3

    For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”

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  • Revelation 18:20–23

    Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.

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  • Isaiah 14:22–23

    “I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 50:39–40

    So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.

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  • Isaiah 13:19–22

    And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

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  • Ezekiel 35:9

    I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 25:9

    behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.

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