Jeremiah 51:59-61

New Living Translation

Jeremiah’s Message Sent to Babylon

⁵⁹ The prophet Jeremiah gave this message to Seraiah son of Neriah and grandson of Mahseiah, a staff officer, when Seraiah went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah. This was during the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign.^{[a] 60} Jeremiah had recorded on a scroll all the terrible disasters that would soon come upon Babylon—all the words written here. ⁶¹ He said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, read aloud everything on this scroll.