Jeremiah 51:59-64

59The word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. Seraiah was the quartermaster.

60Jeremiah wrote in a book all the disaster that should come upon Babylon, all these words that are written concerning Babylon.

61And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: "When you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words,

62and say, 'O Lord, you have said concerning this place that you will cut it off, so that nothing shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, and it shall be desolate forever.'

63When you finish reading this book, tie a stone to it and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates,

64and say, 'Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disaster that I am bringing upon her, and they shall become exhausted.'" Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.