Jeremiah 51:63 When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates.

◄ Jeremiah 51:63 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates.

English Standard Version
When you finish reading this book, tie a stone to it and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates,

New American Standard Bible
"And as soon as you finish reading this scroll, you will tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates,

King James Bible
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:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When you have finished reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River.

International Standard Version
When you finish reading this scroll, tie a rock around it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates.

American Standard Version
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 the Euphrates:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when thou shalt have made an end of reading this book, thou shalt tie a stone to it, and shalt throw it into the midst of the Euphrates:

Darby Bible Translation
And it shall be, when thou hast ended reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates;

Young's Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, when thou dost finish reading this book, thou dost bind to it a stone, and hast cast it into the midst of Phrat,

Cross References

Revelation 18:21
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

Jeremiah 13:4
Take the girdle that you have got, which is on your loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

Jeremiah 19:10
Then shall you break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with you,

Jeremiah 19:11
And shall say to them, Thus said the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.

Jeremiah 43:1
And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking to all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words,

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

51:59-64 This prophecy is sent to Babylon, to the captives there, by Seraiah, who is to read it to his countrymen in captivity. Let them with faith see the end of these threatening powers, and comfort themselves herewith. When we see what this world is, how glittering its shows, and how flattering its proposals, let us read in the book of the Lord that it shall shortly be desolate. The book must be thrown into the river Euphrates. The fall of the New Testament Babylon is thus represented, Re 18:21. Those that sink under the weight of God's wrath and curse, sink for ever. Babylon, and every antichrist, will soon sink and rise no more for ever. Let us hope in God's word, and quietly wait for his salvation; then we shall see, but shall not share, the destruction of the wicked.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

63. bind a stone, &c.—(Re 18:21). So the Phoceans in leaving their country, when about to found Marseilles, threw lead into the sea, binding themselves not to return till the lead should swim.