55. For the Lord is ready to destroy Babylon,and put an end to her loud noise.Their waves will roar like turbulent waters.They will make a deafening noise.
56. For a destroyer is attacking Babylon.Her warriors will be captured;their bows will be broken.For the Lord is a God who punishes;he pays back in full.
57. “I will make her officials and wise men drunk, along with her governors, leaders, and warriors.They will fall asleep forever and never wake up,”says the King whose name is the Lord who rules over all.
58. This is what the Lord who rules over all says,“Babylon’s thick wall will be completely demolished.Her high gates will be set on fire.The peoples strive for what does not satisfy.The nations grow weary trying to get what will be destroyed.”
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. (Seraiah was a quartermaster.)
60. Jeremiah recorded on one scroll all the judgments that would come upon Babylon – all these prophecies written about Babylon.
61. Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon, make sure you read aloud all these prophecies.
62. Then say, ‘O Lord, you have announced that you will destroy this place so that no people or animals live in it any longer. Certainly it will lie desolate forever!’
63. When you finish reading this scroll aloud, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River.
64. Then say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the judgments I am ready to bring upon her; they will grow faint.’”The prophecies of Jeremiah end here.