Jeremiah 51:61
New International Version
He said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud.

New Living Translation
He said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, read aloud everything on this scroll.

English Standard Version
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words,

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

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

New King James Version
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon and see it, and read all these words,

New American Standard Bible
Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “As soon as you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud,

NASB 1995
Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “As soon as you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words aloud,

NASB 1977
Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “As soon as you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words aloud,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “As soon as you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words aloud,

Amplified Bible
Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, see to it that you read all these words aloud,

Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah told Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah told Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud.

American Standard Version
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Jeremiah said to Sheriah: “When you have entered within Babel, read and behold all of these words

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Jeremias said to Saraeas, When thou art come to Babylon, and shalt see and read all these words;

Contemporary English Version
I gave the scroll to Seraiah and said: When you get to Babylon, read this scroll aloud,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jeremias said to Saraias: When thou shalt come into Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words,

English Revised Version
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jeremiah said to Seraiah, "When you come to Babylon, see that you read all this.

Good News Translation
I told Seraiah, "When you get to Babylon, be sure to read aloud to the people everything that is written here.

International Standard Version
Jeremiah told Seraiah, "When you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words,

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: 'When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words,

Literal Standard Version
And Jeremiah says to Seraiah, “When you enter Babylon, then you have seen, and have read all these words,

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

New American Bible
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you reach Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud,

NET Bible
Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, "When you arrive in Babylon, make sure you read aloud all these prophecies.

New Revised Standard Version
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words,

New Heart English Bible
Jeremiah said to Seraiah, "When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou shalt come to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;

World English Bible
Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jeremiah saith unto Seraiah, 'When thou dost enter Babylon, then thou hast seen, and hast read all these words,

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Context
Jeremiah's Prophecy to Seraiah
60Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon. 61And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud, 62and 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.’…

Cross References
Jeremiah 51:60
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.

Jeremiah 51:62
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.'


Treasury of Scripture

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, and shall see, and shall read all these words;

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Jeremiah 51
1. The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel
59. Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates,
64. in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon














(61) When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read . . .--The meaning of the Hebrew would be better expressed by, thou shalt see to it and read, or see to it and read. The English version, as it is, leaves it doubtful who or what is to be seen. The verb for "read" implies reading aloud. Saraiah was to read the prophecy to those whom it concerned, probably to a chosen few among his own countrymen. The idea that it was to be read to the Babylonians is in the highest degree improbable.

Verse 61. - (Comp. 50:3; 51:26.) And shalt see, and shalt read; rather, See that thou read.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And Jeremiah
יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ (yir·mə·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3414: Jeremiah -- 'Yah loosens', the name of a number of Israelites

said
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Seraiah,
שְׂרָיָ֑ה (śə·rā·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8304: Seraiah -- 'Yah persists', the name of a number of Israelites

“When you get
כְּבֹאֲךָ֣ (kə·ḇō·’ă·ḵā)
Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to Babylon,
בָבֶ֔ל (ḇā·ḇel)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city

see
וְֽרָאִ֔יתָ (wə·rā·’î·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

that you read all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

these
הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

words
הַדְּבָרִ֖ים (had·də·ḇā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

aloud,
וְֽקָרָ֔אתָ (wə·qā·rā·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read


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