Jeremiah 51:59-64

59The 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.

60Jeremiah had recorded on a scroll all the terrible disasters that would soon come upon Babylon—all the words written here.

61He said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, read aloud everything on this scroll.

62Then say, ‘Lord, you have said that you will destroy Babylon so that neither people nor animals will remain here. She will lie empty and abandoned forever.’

63When you have finished reading the scroll, tie it to a stone and throw it into the Euphrates River.

64Then say, ‘In this same way Babylon and her people will sink, never again to rise, because of the disasters I will bring upon her.’” This is the end of Jeremiah’s messages.