King James Version
Jeremiah 51:61 in the King James Version says “And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 51 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;”
Jeremiah 51:61 · KJV
The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince. with: or, on the behalf of quiet: or, prince of Menucha, or, chief chamberlain
So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. desolate: Heb. desolations
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:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and shalt see”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“and shalt read”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all these words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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