61. And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words,
62. and say, ‘O Lord, you have said concerning this place that you will cut it off, so that nothing shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, and it shall be desolate forever.’
63. When you finish reading this book, tie a stone to it and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates,
64. and say, ‘Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disaster that I am bringing upon her, and they shall become exhausted.’”Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.