61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
61 He said to Seraiah, "When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud.
61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: "When you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words,
61 He told Seraiah, "When you get to Babylon, read this out in public.
61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, "When you arrive in Babylon and see it, and read all these words,
61 He said to Seraiah, "When you get to Babylon, read aloud everything on this scroll.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 51:61
Commentary on Jeremiah 51:59-64
(Read Jeremiah 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, Revelation 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.