Jeremiah 51:59-60

51:59 This is the order Jeremiah the prophet gave to Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went to King Zedekiah of Judah in Babylon during the fourth year of his reign. ¹  (Seraiah was a quartermaster.) ²  51:60 Jeremiah recorded ³  on one scroll all the judgments ⁴  that would come upon Babylon – all these prophecies ⁵  written about Babylon.

[51:59]  ¹ sn This would be 582 b.c.

[51:59]  ² tn Heb “an officer of rest.”

[51:60]  ³ tn Or “wrote.”

[51:60]  ⁴ tn Or “disaster”; or “calamity.”

[51:60]  ⁵ tn Heb “words” (or “things”).