59. The word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Nerijah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain.
60. And Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, all these words that are written against Babylon.
61. And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, see that thou read all these words;
62. and say, Jehovah, thou hast spoken concerning this place, that thou wilt cut it off, so that none shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.