Yermeyah (Jeremiah) 51:59–64 — Yirmiyah’s message to be read out in Bavel

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51:59 Yirmiyah’s message to be read out in Bavel

59 This is the message that the prophet Yirmiyah (Jeremiah) commanded Serayah (son of Neriyah, son of Mahseyah)

when he went with Yehudah’s (Judah’s) King Tsidkiyah (Zedekiah) to Bavel (Babylon) in the fourth year of his reign.

Now Serayah was a chief officer,

60 and Yirmiyah had written on a scroll about all the disaster that was going to come to Bavel—

all these messages that were written about Bavel.

61 Then Yirmiyah told Serayah, “When you go to Bavel, ensure that you read these messages aloud 62 and then pray, ‘Yahweh, you yourself have declared that you would destroy this place, and then that no man or animal will live in it and it’ll be desolate forever.’ 63 Then when you’ve finished reading out this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Perat (Euphrates) River.[ref] 64 Say, ‘Bavel will sink like that. It won’t ever recover from the disaster that I’m sending against it, and they’ll become irrelevant’

Yirmiyah’s messages end here.

51:63-64: Rev 18:21.

59 The_message which he _commanded Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) the_prophet DOM Sərā^yāh the _son _of Nēriy^yāh the _son _of Maḩşē^yāh when_went_he with Tsidqiy^yāh/(Zedekiah) the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) Bāⱱel in_year (the)_fourth of_reigning_his and_Sərā^yāh was_an _official _of a _resting _place.

60 And_ Yirmə^yāh _he _wrote DOM all _of the_calamity which it _will _come to Bāⱱel to a _scroll one DOM all _of the_words/messages the_these which_were_written concerning Bāⱱel.

61 And_ Yirmə^yāh _he/it _said to Sərā^yāh just_as_you _come Bāⱱel and_you _will _see and_you _will _read _aloud DOM all _of the_words/messages the_these.

62 And_you _will _say Oh_YHWH you you _have _spoken concerning the_place the_this to_cut_it _off to_not to _be in/on/over_him/it an _inhabitant (to)_from_humankind and_unto animal if/because desolations _of perpetuity it _will _be.

63 And_it _was just_as_you _have _finished to_call DOM the_scroll the_this you _will _tie on/upon/above_him/it a _stone and_you_will _throw _it into the _middle _of the_Pərāt.

64 And_you _will _say thus Bāⱱel it _will _sink and_not it _will _rise from_face/in _front _of the_calamity which I am_about _to _bring on/upon_it(f) and_they _will _grow _weary are_to here the _words/messages _of Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah).

OET by section YIR (JER) 51:59

Yirmiyah’s message to be read out in Bavel

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