Jeremiah 51:62 meaning and explanation

and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.’

Jeremiah 51:62, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah tells Seraiah, a quartermaster traveling to Babylon with King Zedekiah, to read the scroll of judgment aloud there and then pray this prayer. The words acknowledge that God has promised to cut off Babylon so completely that neither man nor beast remains.

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